Appeal hearing for six convicted for DPP Kevin Morais' murder vacated

A file picture of the suspects in the Kevin Morais murder case at an oil palm plantation in Kg Sungai Samak near Hutan Melintang where the burnt out wreckage of a car was found. – SAIFUL BAHRI/The Star

PUTRAJAYA: The hearing of the appeals filed by six men who were convicted and sentenced to death for killing deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais, which was scheduled on March 3, has been vacated.

Jasmine Cheong, the lawyer representing former pathologist colonel doctor Dr R. Kunaseegaran, when contacted on Friday (Feb 17), said the appeal hearing date was vacated during the last case management on Jan 16 this year.