Judge Mohamad Sekeri Mamat handed down the sentence on former hospital attendant K Subramaniam, 33, scrap metal dealer V Sanjeev Kumar, 34, and J Kumaresan, 28, who were found guilty of falsifying the Kuala Lumpur Hospital mortuary records, Soosai's death certificate, and the burial permit.
They were sentenced to four years' jail each and fined RM5,000 on each count, in default a year's jail.
Mohamad Sekeri also sentenced them to another two years' jail each on the fourth charge of cheating Dr Wan Mohamed Zamri Wan Nawawi, 45, by inducing him to issue the death certificate for Soosai at the HKL mortuary between 11am and 3pm on Sept 12, 2003.
They were ordered to serve the jail sentence concurrently from today.
Reasonable doubts
However, Mohamad Sekeri allowed a stay of the jail sentence following a request by defence counsel Hasnal Rezua Merican pending an appeal to the High Court.
In his judgment, Mohamad Sekeri said the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubts at the end of the defence case.
He said the testimony by Kumaresan that he was contacted by a HKL hospital attendant was fictitious and that the testimony by Sanjeev that he was not at the hospital and did not see Dr Wan Mohamed Zamri was a mere denial.
Mohamed Sekeri also said that the court could not accept Subramaniam's testimony that the name "unknown Mohan" in the hospital mortuary record was changed to Michael Soosai as a correction.
In mitigation, Hasnal Rezua, who represented the three accused, said his clients had no previous record and that they were remorseful of what had happened.
Deputy public prosecutor Syed Faizal Syed Amir prosecuted.
- Bernama
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