Ex-accused: I did not know there was body in drum
Published on: Friday, February 24, 2017
Kuala Lumpur: A former second accused in the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais told the High Court here Thursday he did not know that there was a body in the drum when he was filling it with cement.G. Gunasekaran, 49, said he filled the drum with cement on Sept 4, 2015 and only knew there was a body inside it the following day."On Sept 4, I filled the drum with cement. I realised about the body the next day, but did not lodge a police report," he added. He said this during cross-examination by lawyer V. Rajehgopal, representing M. Vishwanath, S. Nimalan, and S. Ravi Chandaran, three of the accused in Kevin Morais' murder trial.
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Gunasekaran, who is the 54th witness, was testifying in the murder trial, which entered its 42nd day Thursday.Gunasekaran, who is an unemployed, was called to testify as a prosecution witness after changing his not guilty plea to guilty on a charge of concealing Kevin Morais' body and disposing of the deceased's car. The man said he knew that there was a gunnysack inside the drum, but did not know Kevin Morais' body was in it. He also told the court that his reason for making the guilty plea was because he realised that it was his action in filling the cement in the drum, which contained the body that implicated him in the case.
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"I knew (there was a body) the next day, but did not inform the police. I pleaded guilty. I accepted the punishment because I hid the facts," he added.
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Questioned by Rajehgopal the amount of cement that was filled in the drum, Gunasekaran said he was not sure because the work was done with the two accused in the case — Nimalan and Ravi Chandaran.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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