SHAH ALAM: A farm worker today filed a notice of motion to present evidence to show that he was forced by police to enter a guilty plea to a charge of disposing of evidence in the murder of cosmetics queen Sosilawati Lawiya and three others.
K Sarawanan, 19, who was sentenced to seven years' jail by the Telok Datuk magistrate's court in Banting on Oct 15, claimed he was assaulted and threatened with shooting, and forced to lie and enter a guilty plea without his consent.
Sarawanan filed the notice through lawyer AS Dhaliwal, seeking to amend and make correction to the details of facts presented by the magistrate's court to give a "true and accurate picture" of the case.
Following the notice, High Court Judge Mohtarudin Baki, who was to hear the application for a review of the sentence today, postponed the hearing to Jan 10 to allow the prosecution to reply to the notice.
Meanwhile, lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad, who is holding a watching brief for the accused, N Pathmanabhan, had also filed an application to allow him to interject during the hearing, saying the proceedings involving Sarawanan could prejudice his client and three other accused.
On Oct 13, Pathmanabhan, 41, a lawyer, as well as farm workers T Thilaiyalagan, 19, R Matan, 20, and R Khatavarayan, 30, were charged in the Telok Datuk magistrate's court with killing Sosilawati and three others.
- Bernama
K Sarawanan, 19, who was sentenced to seven years' jail by the Telok Datuk magistrate's court in Banting on Oct 15, claimed he was assaulted and threatened with shooting, and forced to lie and enter a guilty plea without his consent.
Sarawanan filed the notice through lawyer AS Dhaliwal, seeking to amend and make correction to the details of facts presented by the magistrate's court to give a "true and accurate picture" of the case.
Following the notice, High Court Judge Mohtarudin Baki, who was to hear the application for a review of the sentence today, postponed the hearing to Jan 10 to allow the prosecution to reply to the notice.
Meanwhile, lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad, who is holding a watching brief for the accused, N Pathmanabhan, had also filed an application to allow him to interject during the hearing, saying the proceedings involving Sarawanan could prejudice his client and three other accused.
On Oct 13, Pathmanabhan, 41, a lawyer, as well as farm workers T Thilaiyalagan, 19, R Matan, 20, and R Khatavarayan, 30, were charged in the Telok Datuk magistrate's court with killing Sosilawati and three others.
- Bernama
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