7 plead not guilty to murdering, abetting in DPP Kevin Morais' murder

Seven men, including a military doctor, pleaded not guilty in the High Court here today for murdering and abetting in the murder of deputy public prosecutor Anthony Kevin Morais, whose body was found in a cemented drum.

They made their plea before Judge Datuk Azman Abdullah after the charge was read to them and the court fixed Feb 25 for a mention of the case.

Six men - G. Gunasekaran, 43; R. Dinishwaran, 23; A. Thinesh Kumar, 22; M. Vishwanath, 25; S. Nimalan, 22; and S. Ravichandaran, 34, pleaded not guilty to murdering Kevin, 55, between 7am and 8pm on Sept 4, 2015, while Kevin was on his way from Jalan Dutamas Raya Sentul to No. 1 Jalan USJ1/6D, Subang Jaya.

They face the mandatory death penalty if convicted under Section 302 of the Penal Code.

The charge against them was read in Tamil.

Pathologist Col Dr R. Kunaseegaran, 52, pleaded not guilty to abetting with the six men in the murder of Kevin at the same place, date and time.

The charge against him was read in Malay.

Kunaseegaran was charged under Section 109 of the Penal Code read together with Section 302 of the same act.

Earlier Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Abdul Razak Musa applied for the court to fix the mention's date in three weeks' time to enable the prosecution to transfer a case involving another accused, A.Murugan from the Shah Alam High Court to be jointly tried with the seven accused here.

Murugan was charged with abetting with the six men in the murder of Kevin in Desa Mentari here between 9.30pm and 8pm last Sept 4.

Counsel M. Manoharan and V.Rajehgopal represented the six men while Datuk N. Sivananthan represented Kunaseegaran and Datuk Simon Sabapathy was the watching brief for the deceased's youngest brother, Datuk Richard Dilaan Morais, who was also present today.

Kevin's remains were found in a cemented drum at Persiaran Subang Mewah, Subang Jaya, near here on Sept 16 last year.

Kevin was reported missing on Sept 4. He was last seen leaving his apartment at Menara Duta here for Putrajaya in a Proton Perdana car bearing registration number WA6264Q.