‘ARMY DOCTOR LINKED TO MURDER’
Morais had charged army pathologist Colonel Dr R. Kunaseegaran with graft charges, says witness
RAHMAT KHAIRULRIJAL KUALA LUMPUR news@nst.com.my
APROSECUTION witness told the High Court here yesterday that he had strong basis to link army pathologist Colonel Dr R. Kunaseegaran with the murder of deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais two years ago.
Assistant Superintendent Wan Abdullah Wan Said, who was the main investigation officer for the case, said the victim (Morais) had charged the accused (Dr Kunaseegaran) with multiple corruption cases at the Shah Alam Sessions Court.
“The accused was worried he had to fork out huge amounts of money for the cases.”
Wan Abdullah was testifying at the trial of five men — R. Dinishwaran, 23, A. Thinesh Kumar, 22, M. Vishwanath, 25, S. Nimalan, 22, and S. Ravichandaran, 45, — who are jointly charged with murdering Morais, 55, between 7am and 8pm on Sept 4, 2015, while Morais was on his way from Jalan Dutamas Raya Sentul to No. 1 Jalan USJ1/6D in Subang Jaya.
They face the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
Dr Kunaseegaran, 54, is charged with abetting in the murder of Morais.
Wan Abdullah said Ravichandaran and a former accused turned prosecution witness, G. Gunasekaran, had always accompanied Dr Kunaseegaran to his court proceedings.
“Dr Kunaseegaran always shared and talked about his problems to the duo (Gunasekaran and Ravichandaran) as they were his good friends. Ravichandaran would always try to solve Dr Kunaseegaran’s problems.” Gunasekaran was acquitted by the High Court of the murder charge after he pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court to a lesser charge of concealing Morais’s body and disposing his car.
He committed the offence between Jalan Dutamas 1, Sentul, and an oil palm plantation in Kampung Sungai Samak, Hutan Melintang in Hilir Perak, between 7am on Sept 4, 2015, and 2am the next day.
DPP Saiful Edris Zainuddin prosecuted while the accused were represented by counsel M. Manoharan, V. Rajehgopal, and G. Sivakumar.
Hearing before Judge Datuk Azman Abdullah continues.