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The Kevin Morais Murder: Opening a can of worms?
On trial for the dastardly murder of Kevin Morais…
Americk Sidhu, lawyer for Charles Morais
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27 December 2015
Why did you ask Kevin Morais’s brother to remove body, Sarawak Report editor asks A-G’s aide
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Sarawak Report (SR) editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown said the attorney-general’s special officer, Mabel Muttiah, should explain why she asked the brother of murdered deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais to remove the body for cremation.
“If Mabel wants to tell her side of the story, she should explain why she texted the third brother, David, to ask if he would join ‘hard-core gangster’ Richard in removing the body and cremating it the next day,” Rewcastle-Brown told The Malaysian Insider via email.
She also asked why Mabel interfered behind the rest of the family’s back in such a way.
“And why did she ignore David’s warning that she should first speak to the oldest brother Charles about the plan?”
Sarawak Report was free to raise these issues as the texts were genuine, which Mabel has not denied, Rewcastle-Brown said in response to the former’s claim that the December 20 report in the blog was a “pack of lies and a manipulation of facts for an ulterior motive”.
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Sarawak Report said Mabel sent text messages to Kevin’s family members in attempts to “bully and then bribe the family into cremating the body of Kevin, before a second post-mortem could be performed”.
Rewcastle-Brown also asked why the A-G offered the brothers money and why was Mabel communicating with Richard, who described himself as a “hard-core gangster”.
Rewcastle-Brown said Mabel’s claims were vague and contradictory.
“How can something be both ‘a pack of lies’ and ‘a manipulation of facts’? She has not denied she wrote the texts which I have quoted.
“Those texts speak for themselves and she appears to have acknowledged that their publication has already lost her (the) position in the A-G’s office,” she added.
Rewcastle-Brown said Mabel appeared to have been acting on behalf of the A-G (Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali) in those messages she sent and now she has taken the rap.
“Why does this put SR at fault, rather than herself or her bosses, who have let her take the blame?”
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23 December 2015
Free Malaysia Today
AG’s aide lodges police report against S’wak Report
Sentul police chief confirms with FMT that Mabel Muttiah lodged a report against Sarawak Report’s Sunday article which alleged foul play in the investigation of Kevin Morais’ murder.
PETALING JAYA: A police report has been lodged against whistleblower site, Sarawak Report, over an article alleging foul play in the investigation of deputy public prosecutor (DPP), Kevin Morais’ murder.
Speaking exclusively to FMT yesterday, Mabel Muttiah, Special Assistant to the Attorney-General said, “I have lodged a police report on the (article by) Sarawak Report this afternoon at the Sentul station.”
Mabel was referring to an article published by the whistleblower website on Sunday, implicating her in the alleged foul play.
Sentul police chief, ACP R Munusamy, when contacted by FMT, confirmed that a report was made and said that the case would be transferred to Putrajaya where Muttiah had read the article.
“We helped her with the report and recorded her statement,” he said briefly.
The blog’s “exposé” concerned alleged text messages Mabel sent to Morais’ family members, which the website said were attempts to “bully and then bribe the family” for the late DPP’s body to be cremated before a second post-mortem could be performed.
“The report was a pack of lies,” Mabel told FMT yesterday. “There must be something wrong with these people. They could have called me and verified the information before publishing the story, but they didn’t.”
“It’s a substandard way of reporting. They are just out to get anyone they can.”
She said the article has put her integrity into question, affecting her image, career, and family.
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Our latest story is online. How AG’s Office Connived To Prevent A Second Post Mortem On Kevin Morais – EXCLUSIVE
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AG’s aide rubbishes SR’s latest expose
She says the blog has lied in implicating her in alleged foul play in the Morais murder probe.
PETALING JAYA: “A pack of lies” – that’s what Mabel Muttiah, a special assistant to the Attorney-General, says about a Sarawak Report article implicating her in alleged foul play in the investigation into the murder of deputy public prosecutor Kevin Morais.
The article, published on the whistleblower website yesterday, concerned alleged text messages Muttiah sent to Morais’ family members that it said were attempts to bully and bribe them into pushing for the late DPP’s body to be cremated before a second post-mortem could be performed.
“The report was a pack of lies,” Muttiah told FMT today. “There must be something wrong with these people. They could have called me and verified the information before publishing the story, but they didn’t.
“It’s a substandard way of reporting. They are just out to get anyone they can.”
She said she was considering lodging a police report and taking legal action against Sarawak Report.
“It puts my integrity into question and that is painful,” she said of the article. “It affects my image, my career, my family.”
She also said she was hoping that “something could be done” against Sarawak Report. “They can’t get away with tarnishing the reputation of whomever they please.”
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/12/21/ags-aide-rubbishes-srs-latest-expose/
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