PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal will hear on Dec 4 the appeal by six men who were convicted of the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais.
A three-panel bench led by Judge Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail fixed the date during the hearing of the case today.
Counsel Amer Hamzah Arshad, who appeared for one of the accused, S. Nimalan, confirmed this when contacted.
The other five accused are former pathologist Colonel Dr R. Kunaseegaran, A.K Thinesh Kumar, M. Vishwanath, R. Dinishwaran and S. Ravi Chandaran.
On July 10, 2020, Kunaseegaran, money lender Ravi Chandaran and four unemployed individuals; R. Dinishwaran, A.K. Thinesh Kumar, M. Vishwanath and S. Nimalan, were sentenced to death by the High Court in Kuala Lumpur after they were found guilty of murdering Morais.
The six committed the offence somewhere along Jalan Dutamas Raya, Sentul and No 1, Jalan USJ 1/6D, Subang Jaya, between 7am and 8pm on Sept 4, 2015.
Morais, 55, was reported missing on Sept 4, 2015. He was last seen leaving his apartment at Menara Duta in Kuala Lumpur in a Proton Perdana. His body was found in an oil drum filled with cement at Persiaran Subang Mewah, Subang Jaya, on Sept 16, 2015.
In his decision, High Court judge Datuk Azman Abdullah (now Court of Appeal Judge) held that all the six men had common intention to kill Morais.
He said the defence failed to raise any reasonable doubt as to the six men's involvement in the murder.
A total of 70 prosecution witnesses and 14 defence witnesses, including all the accused, testified in the trial which started on April 6, 2016.
The six then filed their notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal on July 13, three years ago.