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KUALA LUMPUR: Dr Mohamed Osman Abdul Hamid, the doctor who first examined Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan for alleged sodomy, has confirmed that the Statutory Declaration (SD) he made on Aug 1 was genuine.
He also confirmed that the con tents of his SD published in the Malaysia Today website are his and are correct.
“I am standing by the SD I made. There have been a lot of media state ments that have put me in a bad light, both professionally and personally.
“Please be assured that I was merely doing my job as a doctor. I am not involved in politics and I will always tell the truth,” Dr Mohamed Osman said Thursday in a press conference, accompanied by his lawyers M. Puravalen and Yusri Kamarudin at the Bar Council.
The doctor said he did not know how his medical examination report on Mohd Saiful, who alleged that he was sodomised by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, was circulated to the media and Internet.
“I don’t know how the informa tion got out and I don’t know Mohd Saiful on a personal capacity.
“I have never, at any time, breached my professional ethics and have always practised doctor- patient confidentiality,” he said.
Dr Mohamed Osman said he was very angry and saddened by the whole issue as he was not in control of what happened to him.
“I am not holding the patient’s fold er all the time. If I were working as a doctor in my own clinic, the records would be under my hand or control. But now, I just want to clear my name,” he said adding he was on hol iday overseas for over a month and was still employed by the hospital.
Meanwhile, Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin was called in to give his statement at the Commercial Crimes Investigation Department (CCID) headquarters here in Bukit Perdana at 9am Thursday.
“They wanted to know if I knew Osman and if I had obtained any doc ument from him, whether I published all those documents and whether I’m the owner of the news portal.
“Basically my answer was not relevant. I’m not answering anything. Who is the owner of Malaysia Today? I don’t know. Who makes the decision for Malaysia Today? I don’t know. Go find the owner and charge him,” Raja Petra said.
