KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here fixed June 11 and 12 for the closing submission by the defence in the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais, whose body was found in a barrel filled with concrete five years ago.
Judge Datuk Azman Abdullah fixed the date today after counsel Datuk Sheelan Arjunan - representing R. Dinishwaran, A. K. Thinesh Kumar, M. Vishwanath, S. Nimalan and S. Ravi Chandaran-- said they would submit their written submission this Friday.
Azman said he hoped the police would give their cooperation for Sheelan to meet his clients to discuss their case.
"However, counsel must remember to practise social distancing as we do not want another cluster to emerge," he said.
Sheelan previously said he was having problems meeting his clients, who are at the Sungai Buloh Prison, due to the Movement Control Order (MCO).
Another accused in the case, pathologist Colonel Dr R. Kunasegaran, is represented by lawyer Datuk N. Sivananthan while deputy public prosecutor Saiful Edris Zainuddin prosecuted.
On Nov 20, 2017, Azman ordered the six accused to enter their defence to a charge of murdering Morais after finding that the prosecution had succeeded in establishing a prima facie case against them.
All of them 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.
They were charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same law, and face the mandatory death sentence if convicted.
Kunaseegaran was initially charged with abetting the five men in committing the offence at the same place, date and time, but on May 15, 2017, the charge was amended to having a common intention with the five men in the murder of Morais.
