PUTRAJAYA – The Court of Appeal will hear on November 7 the appeal by six men who were convicted of the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais.
Jasmine Cheong, one of the lawyers representing former pathologist Dr R. Kunaseegaran, as well as lawyer Kitson Foong representing S. Ravi Chandaran, confirmed the appeal hearing date.
The date was fixed during case management held today before Court of Appeal deputy registrar Mohd Khairi Haron.
Foong said the court also gave directions to the defence and prosecution to file their respective submissions by October 9 and submissions in reply by October 23 this year. He said the court also fixed another case management on October 26 this year.
On July 10, 2020, Kunaseegaran, money lender Ravi Chandaran, and four unemployed men, R. Dinishwaran, A.K. Thinesh Kumar, M. Vishwanath, and S. Nimalan, were sentenced to death by the high court in Kuala Lumpur after they were found guilty of murdering Morais.
The six committed the offence somewhere along Jalan Dutamas Raya, Sentul, and No 1, Jalan USJ 1/6D, Subang Jaya, between 7am and 8pm on September 4, 2015.
Morais, 55, was reported missing on September 4, 2015. He was last seen leaving his apartment at Menara Duta in Kuala Lumpur in a Proton Perdana. His body was found in an oil drum filled with cement at Persiaran Subang Mewah, Subang Jaya, on September 16, 2015.
In his decision, high court judge Datuk Azman Abdullah (now Court of Appeal judge) held that all the six men had common intention to kill Morais.
He said the defence failed to raise any reasonable doubt as to the six men’s involvement in the murder.
The six then filed their notice of appeal with the Court of Appeal. – Bernama, July 20, 2023
