'3rd accused surrendered himself'
Published on: Saturday, September 24, 2016
Kuala Lumpur: The High Court here was told Friday that the third accused in the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais surrendered himself to the police a week after the lawyer's body was found.Intelligence officer at the Criminal Investigation Department of the Sentul district police headquarters, Inspector Ridhuan Abdul Razak said R.Dinishwaran, 24, surrendered himself at the Sentul police station on Sept 22 last year, a week after Morais body was found, which was on Sept 16.He said Dinishwaran went to the Sentul district police headquarters at 3 pm and was accompanied by a lawyer and another person.
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"On Sept 22, 2015, when I was at the CID office of the 4th Floor, an Indian man came to surrender himself. The man was Dinishwaran," he said during examination-in-chief by deputy public prosecutor Nurfaida Mohd Rashidee on the 24th day trial of the case.Ridhuan, who is the 33rd witness, said he then arrested Dinishwaran and explained to him the reason for the arrest, as well as read out his rights under Section 28A.""After arresting him, I handed him over to Investigating Officer ASP Wan Abdullah Wan Said," he said, adding that he also made a report on the arrest.
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Cross-examined by lawyer M. Manoharan, representing Dinishwaran, Ridhuan said he agreed with the lawyer that Dinishwaran surrendered himself to the police after reading a report in a Tamil newspaper on the police looking for him to assist investigation of a case.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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Meanwhile, an officer with the Bukit Aman Special Task Force on Organised Crime (Stafoc), Supt Hazril Kamis, who is the 34th witness, said he arrested the fourth accused, A.K. Thinesh Kumar, 23, at his house in Taman Desa Aman 3, Sungai Lalang, Bedong, Kedah.– Bernama
