Cop says Morais had prosecuted the accused before

ASP Wan Abdullah Wan Said, tells court that the former DPP had added several extra charges in Col Dr R Kunaseegaran's case with the MACC.

KUALA LUMPUR: The investigating officer in the murder case of deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Anthony Kevin Morais, told the High Court here today that he had evidence that pathologist expert Col Dr R Kunaseegaran was involved in it.

ASP Wan Abdullah Wan Said, 40, from the Sentul district police headquarters, said this was because Morais had been the DPP who handled Kunaseegaran’s case at the Shah Alam Sessions Court.

“He (Dr Kunaseegaran) was charged under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act and the victim (Morais) appeared for the prosecution.

“During the prosecution, the victim also added several other charges to the original charge, which caused Dr Kunaseegaran to spend more money and time, while his credibility was tarnished,” Wan Abdullah said during the examination-in-chief by DPP Saiful Edris Zainuddin.

Wan Abdullah was the 70th and last prosecution witness to testify in the murder of Morais.

He said Kunaseegaran was usually spotted with the two other accused, namely G Gunasekaran, who pleaded guilty to the murder of Morais, and S Ravi Chandaran, who is the seventh accused.

“If there was any problem, Dr Kunaseegaran would tell it to Gunasekaran and Ravi Chandaran as they were good listeners.

“If the problem needed to be solved, Ravi Chandaran would take care of it and instruct the other accused to fulfil Dr Kunaseegaran’s wishes,” he said.

Five men – R Dinishwaran, 25; A K Thinesh Kumar, 24; M Vishwanath, 27; S Nimalan, 24; and Ravi Chandaran, 46, — pleaded not guilty to the charge of murdering Morais along Jalan Dutamas Raya Sentul and No 1 Jalan USJ1/6D, Subang Jaya, between 7am and 8pm on Sept 4, 2015.

Kunaseegaran, 54, who is the first accused, pleaded not guilty to the charge of abetting the five men in the murder of the DPP on the same day, time and place.

The trial before Judge Azman Abdullah continues tomorrow. -FMT