KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Bernama) -- Michael Soosai's wife created a hype in the Sessions Court here Tuesday when she told the court that she identified her husband's body and then gave permission to her daughter's former fiance, J. Kumaresan, to handle the cremation of the body.
S. Kumari, 45, said she was informed by Kumaresan of her husband's death between 4pm and 4.30pm on Sept 12, 2003, and went to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) mortuary with her sister, Malika, the next day to identify the body before seeking Kumaresan's assistance with the funeral preparation.
Questioned by lawyer Naran Singh, Kumari, who is the fourth defence witness, said she was informed that her husband died due to a heart problem and that she was present when her husband's body was cremated at a crematorium in Cheras.
Cross-examined by deputy public prosecutor Syed Faizal Syed Amir, Kumari said her husband had not returned home for three weeks prior to his death because they had been having family problems.
Questioned further by Syed Faizal, she said the problems started when her husband had an affair with another woman. "He seldom came home and only contacted me occasionally. I knew he ran a business involving jewellery," she added.
When shown a picture, Kumari at first said she was not certain who the person was in the photograph, but later said the man was her late husband.
Kumari was testifying in the trial of former HKL attendant K. Subramaniam, 33, and another person still at large, who are charged with cheating Dr Wan Mohamed Zamri Wan Nawawi, 45, to induce him to issue the death certificate for Soosai at the HKL mortuary between 11am and 3pm on Sept 12, 2003.
On the second, third and fourth charge, Subramaniam, and another person still at large, are charged with falsifying the hospital's mortuary records dated Sept 12, 2003, Soosai's death certificate and burial permit for purpose of cheating.
Kumaresan and scrap metal trader V. Sanjeev Kumar are charged with abetment in all the offences.
To another question by Syed Faizal, Kumari said she only knew that Kumaresan had used her husband's identity card to claim his body and did not know about other documents.
Syed Faizal: I put it to you that your husband did not die on Sept 12, 2003?
Kumari : Disagree, because I saw his body.
Syed Faizal: I put it to you that you were never at HKL to claim the body?
Kumara : Disagree.
Syed Faizal: Because you were not at HKL, you cannot tell who were your relatives who were at the hospital on that day?
Kumari : Disagree.
Syed Faizal: I put it to you that on that day your husband was not dead and that was why the body was not taken home to be given the last respects.
Kumari : I disagree. Actually, I do not have many relatives.
Judge Mohamad Sekeri Mamat set July 2 for submissions by both sides. - Bernama
S. Kumari, 45, said she was informed by Kumaresan of her husband's death between 4pm and 4.30pm on Sept 12, 2003, and went to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) mortuary with her sister, Malika, the next day to identify the body before seeking Kumaresan's assistance with the funeral preparation.
Questioned by lawyer Naran Singh, Kumari, who is the fourth defence witness, said she was informed that her husband died due to a heart problem and that she was present when her husband's body was cremated at a crematorium in Cheras.
Cross-examined by deputy public prosecutor Syed Faizal Syed Amir, Kumari said her husband had not returned home for three weeks prior to his death because they had been having family problems.
Questioned further by Syed Faizal, she said the problems started when her husband had an affair with another woman. "He seldom came home and only contacted me occasionally. I knew he ran a business involving jewellery," she added.
When shown a picture, Kumari at first said she was not certain who the person was in the photograph, but later said the man was her late husband.
Kumari was testifying in the trial of former HKL attendant K. Subramaniam, 33, and another person still at large, who are charged with cheating Dr Wan Mohamed Zamri Wan Nawawi, 45, to induce him to issue the death certificate for Soosai at the HKL mortuary between 11am and 3pm on Sept 12, 2003.
On the second, third and fourth charge, Subramaniam, and another person still at large, are charged with falsifying the hospital's mortuary records dated Sept 12, 2003, Soosai's death certificate and burial permit for purpose of cheating.
Kumaresan and scrap metal trader V. Sanjeev Kumar are charged with abetment in all the offences.
To another question by Syed Faizal, Kumari said she only knew that Kumaresan had used her husband's identity card to claim his body and did not know about other documents.
Syed Faizal: I put it to you that your husband did not die on Sept 12, 2003?
Kumari : Disagree, because I saw his body.
Syed Faizal: I put it to you that you were never at HKL to claim the body?
Kumara : Disagree.
Syed Faizal: Because you were not at HKL, you cannot tell who were your relatives who were at the hospital on that day?
Kumari : Disagree.
Syed Faizal: I put it to you that on that day your husband was not dead and that was why the body was not taken home to be given the last respects.
Kumari : I disagree. Actually, I do not have many relatives.
Judge Mohamad Sekeri Mamat set July 2 for submissions by both sides. - Bernama
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