Federal Court upholds ex-pathologist colonel’s death sentence for murder of Kevin Morais

Federal Court upholds ex-pathologist colonel’s death sentence for murder of Kevin Morais

Federal Court upholds ex-pathologist colonel's death sentence for murder of Kevin Morais
DPP Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais body was found in a cement-filled oil drum at Persiaran Subang Mewah, Subang Jaya, on Sept 16, 2015.

PUTRAJAYA – The Federal Court today upheld the death sentence imposed on a former pathologist colonel for the murder of Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais in 2015.

A three-man bench led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat affirmed the murder conviction of Colonel Dr R. Kunaseegaran, 62, S. Nimalan, 31 and S. Ravi Chandran, 53.

However, both Nimalan and Ravi Chandran were spared the gallows after the court commuted the death sentences imposed on them by the High Court to life imprisonment.

Nimalan was sentenced to 35 years in prison with 12 strokes of the cane, while Ravi Chandran was sentenced to 40 years in jail. The court did not impose whipping on Ravi Chandran as he is above 50 years of age.

Federal Court upholds ex-pathologist colonel's death sentence for murder of Kevin Morais
The accused in the murder case of the late DPP Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais was brought to the location where the victim’s car was found, near Kampung Sungai Samak, Hutan Melintang on Nov 16, 2016. – BERNAMA FILE PIX

Justice Tengku Maimun said Kunaseegaran’s death sentence remained as he had withdrawn his appeal against the sentence.

Meanwhile, the panel, also comprising Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and Federal Court judge Datuk Rhodzariah Bujang, discharged and acquitted the other three individuals, namely R. Dinishwaran, 32, A.K. Thinesh Kumar, 31, and M. Vishwanath, 34, for the murder

On July 10, 2020, the six men were sentenced to death after they were found guilty of killing Morais, 55, somewhere along Jalan Dutamas Raya Sentul and No. 1, Jalan USJ 1/6D, Subang Jaya, between 7 am and 8 pm on Sept 4, 2015.

The Court of Appeal dismissed their appeals on March 14 last year.

Morais, who was reported missing on Sept 4, 2015, was last seen leaving his apartment at Menara Duta, Kuala Lumpur, in a Proton Perdana. His body was found in a cement-filled oil drum at Persiaran Subang Mewah, Subang Jaya, on Sept 16 the same year. – BERNAMA

Federal Court upholds ex-pathologist colonel’s death sentence for murder of Kevin Morais


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