‘I saw something like gunny sack in drum’

KUALA LUMPUR: An accused who turned prosecution witness, G. Gunasekaran, “saw something that looked like a gunny sack” in an oil drum while he and two others were scooping cement into the drum, the High Court heard yesterday in the murder trial of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Kevin Morais.

Gunasekaran, 48, said after pouring cement on the front of his shop (which was being renovated), cement was scooped into the oil drum by him and two other accused, S. Nimalan and S. Ravichandran.

“I, Nimalan and Ravi were scooping cement into the oil drum. I saw something but I was not sure if it was a gunny sack,” said Gunasekaran, during crossexamination by N. Sivananthan, lawyer for the accused, Dr R. Kunaseegaran.

At this point, Sivananthan reminded Gunasekaran that he had stated that he had seen a gunny sack in his police statement.

“I saw something that looked like a gunny sack … I was not sure,” said Gunasekaran.

When Sivananthan questioned Gunasekaran if he had asked Ravi or Nimalan or Ramesh, a contractor, who was renovating his shop, he said: “I had asked about the oil drum but ‘he’ (did not mention the name) said it was for a security post,” he said.

“When you gave your police statement, you told the police that you were looking for an oil drum to be used as a rubbish bin but now you are saying that you were told it was to be used as a security post. Which is the truth?” Sivananthan asked.

“I had told that to the investigating officer, maybe he did not write it down.”