Morais murder: Apex court to deliver ruling on appeal by convicted 6

The Federal Court will deliver its verdict tomorrow on the final appeal by six men who were convicted and sentenced to death for the 2015 murder of deputy public prosecutor Anthony Kevin Morais.

Three-member bench led by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, sitting with Court of Appeal president Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and Federal Court judge Rhodzariah Bujang will hand down their decision.

The judges had reserved their judgment on May 14, after hearing submissions from the prosecution and defence.

Jasmine Cheong, one of the lawyers representing former pathologist Dr R Kunaseegaran, told Bernama that the court notified the date for the decision this morning.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court, in July 2020, convicted Kunaseegaran, 62, along with S Ravi Chandran, 54, and four others - R Dinishwaran, 33; AK Thinesh Kumar, 32; M Vishwanath, 35; and S Nimalan, 32 - for the murder of Morais, 55.

The Court of Appeal upheld the conviction in a ruling delivered on March 14 last year.

The murder took place at a location along Jalan Dutamas Raya Sentul and Jalan USJ 1/6D, Subang Jaya, between 7am and 8pm on Sept 4, 2015.

Morais was last seen leaving in a Proton Perdana from his Menara Duta condominium, Kuala Lumpur, to his office at the Attorney-General’s Chambers in Putrajaya.

His body was found in a concrete-filled drum at Persiaran Subang Mewah, Subang Jaya, on Sept 16 the same year.

- Bernama

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