KUALA LUMPUR: The counsel for the two lawyer brothers arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a millionaires Sosilawati Lawiya and three others want the police to charge his clients or release them.
Ravi Nekoo said the police should have conducted their investigation first and then arrest the suspects.
“It seems to me that the police are only investigating the case now,” he told FMT.
“How long is this going to continue? Every week, a fresh missing persons report is highlighted by the media and my clients are linked to it,” he added.
Ravi said he was dissappointed with the police and Attorney-General's Chambers who continue to keep him in the dark over the progess of the investigation.
Previously, the police claimed that they had solid evidence against the suspects, whom they believed were linked to a spate of murders.
The brothers and six others were arrested on Sept 12, and were still being remanded for further investigation, sparking off speculation that the police had yet to find conclusive evidence.
The remand orders against the brothers expire on Thursday, while for the other six on Friday.
FMT also learnt that a high-profile meeting was held at the AG's office recently led by head of the prosecution unit Tun Majid Tun Hamzah to discuss the progress of the investigation and what charges to be brought against the suspects.
Brothers file police report
In a related development, the two brothers had filed police reports claiming that they were denied legal representation.
The suspects aged 41 and 38, lodged their reports with the Telok Panglima Garang police station at about 5pm yesterday.
On Sept 26, the elder brother filed a police report claiming that he was beaten with a rubber hose and a policeman had hit his private part with a stick.
In their latest reports, which appeared identical, the brothers claimed that an officer and detective from the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters had forced them to sign a document without letting them read the contents.
The officer, the brothers said, later told them that they were being denied legal representation.
The brothers also complained of “feeling tortured” due to the continous interrogation which had caused their blood pressure to increase and their backpain to worsen.
"We were denied our rights of giving instructions to our counsel on matters pertaining to our arrest. Our request of meeting family members has also been denied, we are lodging this police report to seek a meeting with our counsel before our remand orders expire on Oct 7," they said in their reports.
Sosilawati, 47, her driver, Kamaruddin Shamsuddin, 44, a CIMB bank officer Noorhisham Mohammad, 38, and lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abd Karim, 32, were battered to death, their bodies burnt and remains strewn in a river.
The murders had allegedly taken place on a farm belonging to the suspects in Banting. The other six detained were the lawyers' workers.
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