Tuesday, December 15, 1998 Published at 11:45 GMT
Mattress shown in Anwar trial
The mattress arrived wrapped in brown paper and string
Prosecutors at the trial of the former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim have produced a mattress in court which they say had been stained with semen from Mr Anwar's alleged sexual misconduct.
The grey coloured mattress had 13 holes cut in it which Assistant Commissioner of Police Musa Hassan said had been where samples had been taken for comparison with samples of DNA taken from Mr Anwar.
The results of the DNA tests have not yet been disclosed to the court.
The apartment was the property of a company belonging to Mr Anwar's former tennis partner Solaimalai Nallakaruppan, who currently faces charges in a separate case of illegally possessing ammunition - a charge that carries a mandatory death sentence.
Allegations of conspiracy
Mr Anwar, who was sacked in September, currently faces abuse of power charges related to him seeking to cover up alleged sexual misconduct. He will be tried separately on charges of engaging in illegal sex acts.
Last week Mr Anwar's former driver, Azizan Abu Bakar, told the court that he had been repeatedly sodomised by the former deputy premier who had turned him into his "homosexual slave".