Kuala Lumpur - A government chemist told a Malaysian court yesterday that some sexual fluid stains found on a mattress belonged to the sacked finance minister, Mr Anwar Ibrahim, and the wife of his former private secretary.
Mr Lim Kong Boon startled Mr Anwar's sex and corruption trial by saying that DNA analysis showed 13 stains on the mattress were from Mr Anwar, Ms Shamsidar Taharin, another male and two other women. He did not identify the others.
He said the possibility of another Malay male having the same DNA profile as the sperm stains attributed to Mr Anwar was "approximately one in 59 billion". The prosecution says the mattress came from an apartment where Mr Anwar had been rumoured to have held trysts with Ms Shamsidar.
The defence implied the mattress could have come from Mr Anwar's former official residence shared with his wife and family.