Six sentenced to death for murder of Kevin Morais (updated)

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Six men have been sentenced to the gallows after the High Court found them guilty for the murder of Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais in 2015. Read more at

Justice Azman Abdullah, in his decision, said the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt in their case.Dr Kunaseegaran, 57; R. Dinishwaran, 28; AK Thinesh Kumar, 27; M. Vishwanath, 30; S. Nimalan, 27; and S. Ravi Chandaran, 49, were accused of murdering Morais somewhere along Jalan Dutamas Raya Sentul and No. 1, Jalan USJ 1/6D, Subang Jaya, at between 7am and 8pm on Sept 4, 2015.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Saiful Edris told the court that the victim's next-of-kin was prepared to read a victim impact statement ."There is only one sentence," Justice Azman said, referring to the punishment ascribed under the law for Section 302 of the Penal Code. Lawyers Datuk N. Sivananthan, Jay Moy Wei Jiun and Dhanyaa Shreeya Sukumar represented Dr Kunaseegaran.Deputy Public Prosecutors Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin and Shafiq Mahadi also appeared for the prosecution.

The following day, his youngest brother Richard lodged a missing person’s report after Morais did not report for work and was unreachable.

 

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