Federal Court Reserves Judgment on Appeals of Six Men Sentenced to Death for Murder of Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais

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The Federal Court has reserved its judgment on the appeals by six men who were sentenced to death for the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais a decade ago. The case revolves around the murder of Morais, which was committed on August 29, 2015. The six men, including former pathologist Colonel Dr. R. Kunaseegaran and moneylender S. Ravi Chandran, were found guilty of Morais' murder by the Kuala Lumpur High Court and had their death sentences upheld by the Court of Appeal last year.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Federal Court has reserved its judgment on the appeals by six men sentenced to death for the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais.
  • The men, including former pathologist Colonel Dr. R. Kunaseegaran and moneylender S. Ravi Chandran, were found guilty of Morais' murder by the Kuala Lumpur High Court and had their death sentences upheld by the Court of Appeal last year.
  • Deputy public prosecutor Datuk Yusaini Amer Abdul Karim argued that every act committed by one of the accused, Nimalan, was done to achieve a common intention with the five other accused.
  • The prosecution claims that the murder should not be viewed as a "single act", but rather as a series of actions undertaken with one goal in mind: the victim's death.
  • The element of common intention under Section 34 of the Penal Code can lead to the conviction of murder even if an accused only played a minor role in the overall incident.

Statistics:

  • 6 men are appealing their death sentences for the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais.
  • 10 years have passed since Morais' murder occurred on August 29, 2015.
  • The Kuala Lumpur High Court previously sentenced the six men to death for Morais' murder.
  • The Court of Appeal upheld the death sentences imposed by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on the six men on March 14 last year.

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