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Two lawyers in Kevin Morais' murder case withdraw

The Kevin Morais murder defence trial, which was to have commenced in the High Court today, was adjourned after two lawyers for two of the accused withdrew from the case.

Justice Azman Abdullah adjourned the trial to tomorrow (Jan 19) after granting counsel Chua Li Li and M Manoharan’s applications to withdraw from representing R Dinishwaran, 26, and AK Thinesh Kumar, 25, and to enable the two accused to engage new lawyers.

Earlier Chua told the court that she and Manoharan, who was not present, did not receive further instructions from the two accused, have been charged with murdering deputy public prosecutor Anthony Kevin Morais with four others, to represent them.

Deputy public prosecutor Saiful Edris Zainuddin did not object to the lawyers’ applications.

Lawyer N Sivananthan is representing Dr R Kunaseegaran, 55; while V Rajehgopal is counsel for M Vishwanath, 28; S Nimalan, 25; and S Ravi Chandaran, 47, who are the other four accused.

On Nov 20 last year, the High Court ordered the six to enter their defence after ruling that the prosecution had succeeded in establishing a prima facie case against them.

Kunaseegaran, Dinishwaran, Thinesh Kumar, Vishwanath, Nimalan and Ravi Chandaran are accused of committing the offence along the stretch from Jalan Dutamas 1, Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, to No 1, Jalan USJ 1/6D, Subang Jaya, between 7am and 8pm on Sept 4, 2015.

The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read with Section 34 of the same Code, carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.

On Sept 16, 2015, the body of Kevin Morais, 55, was recovered from a drum, filled with concrete, at Persiaran Subang Mewah, Subang Jaya.

The DPP was reported missing on Sept 4, 2015, and was last seen leaving his apartment at Menara Duta in Kuala Lumpur, after he got into a Proton Perdana with registration number WA6264Q.

Bernama

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