KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is at the Sessions Court here to argue against the prosecution's application to transfer his sodomy trial to the High Court.

The PKR adviser was charged on Aug 7 with sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan. He pleaded not guilty.

He is accused of committing the offence at Desa Damansara Condominium in Jalan Setiakasih, Bukit Damansara, between 3.01pm and 4.30pm on June 26.

If convicted, he can be jailed up to 20 years and whipped for voluntarily committing unnatural sex under Section 377B of the Penal Code.

Presiding at Wednesday's proceeedings is Sessions judge SM Komathy Suppiah.

Anwar was the Sessions Court at 9.58am, accompanied by his wife the former Permatang Pauh MP Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, daughter Nurul Izzah and his lawyer S.N. Nair.

The case is slated to begin at 10am.