After the death of deputy public prosecutor Kevin Morais, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) applied again to postpone the hearing of a RM50 million suit for unlawful arrest and assault by lawyer Rosli Dahlan which was originally scheduled to start today.

According to MACC's lawyer Cecil Abraham, the graftbuster's chief Abu Kassim Mohamad ( photo ) who underwent surgery last month has yet to recover.

A letter to that effect sent by Cecil to the court on Oct 6 was sighted by Malaysiakini .

Following this, the Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Justice Su Geok Yiam, in a letter dated Oct 7, agreed to postpone the hearing which was fixed for four days.

Abu Kassim, who is the fifth defendant in the suit, was initially scheduled to testify today.

Last month, it was reported that the Federal Court granted a temporary stay to Cecil in order to substitute the name of Morais in a RM48 million suit filed by Rosli.

In the Oct 6 letter, Cecil informed the court that they have yet to receive instruction as to who would be representing the Morais estate in the suit as they would cease to represent them.

Explosive testimonies

Thus far, the trial has heard explosive testimonies from Rosli and former Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Ramli Yusof on what is known as the ' Copgate ' affair.

Ramli testified how former inspector-general of police Musa Hassan, and former attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail and the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA), the predecessor to the MACC, had allegedly conspired to fix him and Rosli.

Before the start of the hearing in April, Utusan Malaysia , which was earlier named in the defamation suit, apologised to Rosli.