{"id":6860,"date":"2010-09-24T00:04:23","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T16:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=6860"},"modified":"2010-09-24T00:04:23","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T16:04:23","slug":"more-on-banting-murders-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2010\/09\/24\/more-on-banting-murders-vi\/","title":{"rendered":"More on Banting Murders (vi)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Banting murders case gets hot as the lawyers met the two main suspects. The wives also had an opportunity to meet their husbands at the police station. The main suspect made some\u00a0startling\u00a0accusations<\/a><\/strong>!:<\/p>\n

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The main suspect in the murders of Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three others is claiming that he was punched, kicked and forced to sign documents against his will by the police.<\/p>\n

Three lawyers representing the suspect and his brother, both lawyers, managed to meet their clients for the first time at the city police headquarters here Thursday.<\/p>\n

They arrived at 3pm and were accompanied by the wives of the suspects who were also granted permission to meet their husbands.<\/p>\n

Lawyer D.P. Vijandran and Ravi Nekoo, speaking to the press after the 30-minute meeting, said the 41-year-old suspect claimed he had been abused by the police.<\/p>\n

“He claimed he was beaten with a hose, punched in the face and kicked, which aggravated an old spinal injury,” Vijandran said, adding that his client has yet to receive medical treatment for his injuries.<\/p>\n

The main suspect also claimed he was forced to sign documents against his will.<\/p>\n

Vijandran said they would be lodging a police report on the alleged abuse Friday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is not entirely unexpected as they are most likely facing the death penalty. Still, I wonder what line of defence will be used by the lawyers.<\/p>\n

The main suspect claims innocence<\/a><\/strong> as well:<\/p>\n

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“My clients claim they have nothing to do with what (the murders) they are being investigated for and that they are innocent.<\/p>\n

“Nonetheless, they are willing to give their full cooperation to the police but hope to be treated fairly at the same time,” Vijandran said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Another version of the abuse claim<\/a><\/strong> as reported by Malaysian Insider:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe older brother complained of some physical abuse to us,\u201d said Ravi.<\/p>\n

He said his 41-year-old client inform them that his front tooth was loose after being punched in the face but his younger brother was alright.<\/p>\n

Both suspects were allowed to meet\u00a0 their wives today.<\/p>\n

He said the wife of the older client will lodge a police report about the assault.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are waiting to take instructions from her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Besides the assault, Ravi said his client was suffering from severe back pains.<\/p>\n

He said his client was also surprised to learn yesterday that his blood pressure had gone up when he was taken to hospital with the other suspects for their blood samples.<\/p>\n

Ravi, along with D.P. Vijandran and Pushpa Ratnam have been hired to represent the brothers, who are also lawyers.<\/p>\n

He said police initially did not allow them to speak privately with the brothers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were in a conference with 10 policemen and only after insisting did they leave,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However the policemen refused to close the door and stood within earshot of us.<\/p>\n

The lawyers managed to speak to the suspect for between 15 and 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So far, the three lawyers are in the defence team, but don’t be surprised if more join the team.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the remand for 5 of the suspects has been extended<\/a><\/strong> for a week more:<\/p>\n

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The remand period on five suspects in the Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya murder case has been extended by another week to Sept 29.<\/p>\n

Magistrate Ahmad Shakin Ismail allowed the extension on the five, aged in their 20s and 30s, to facilitate further investigations into the case.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Police continued searching for more evidence today, this time at a monsoon canal. The Star reported<\/a><\/strong> that they were looking for Sosilawati’s handphone:<\/p>\n

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Police divers continue to search for evidence – this time a mobile phone – at a monsoon drain which connects to Sungai Lang near here.<\/p>\n

The search, which started at about 10am Thursday, saw four divers from the marine scuba unit scouring the drain.<\/p>\n

It is believed that the phone belonged to one the victims in the Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya murder case.<\/p>\n

Also at the scene was P Balasandram whose wife T Selvi was stabbed to death in 2009 by men believed to be hired by the brother lawyers, the main suspects in the case.<\/p>\n

One of the suspects was also brought to the scene but watched the search in a police car. Police would not comment on the search.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Usharani, the second wife of Muthuraja also made some revelations, including recorded telephone conversations. More on that later.<\/p>\n

Also, police had classified another missing person case as murder, bringing the number of suspected deaths to 8. Will continue tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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