Lawyer brothers meet their wives and lawyers

KEEPING MUM: The wives of the two lawyer brothers as they briskly made their way into the police headquarters this afternoon — Pics: Ashraf Shamsul Azlan

KUALA LUMPUR: The two lawyer brothers implicated in eight murders, including the recent quadruple Banting killings, met with their wives today at the city police headquarters.

The women spent 10 minutes with their husbands in a room where 12 police personnel were present at 3pm.

Lawyers D.P. Vijandran and Ravi Nekoo were then allowed to see the suspects for another 10 minutes.

Vijandran later told reporters that the elder lawyer brother – the main suspect – claimed he was punched, kicked and beaten with a hose.

DON'T PRE-JUDGE: Vijandran (right) and Ravi said media reports have been 'one-sided'

He said the 41-year-old suspect’s front tooth was also loose as a result of the alleged beatings.

Further, he claimed, the main suspect told him that police had forced him to sign documents and letters at certain places.

Vijandran said he would be lodging a police report on the matter tomorrow.

He added that the suspect's wish was to get a chance to tell his side of the story as the media was reporting “one side only”.

According to Vijandran, the younger brother, 38, was “ok and not beaten by police.”

Vijandran urged the media and public not to pre-judge the suspects who claimed they were innocent. He said everybody had this feeling that they were guilty and hoped they would hold back their judgment.

Vijandran said for the moment, he was making sure the brothers got their rights and were treated fairly.

Both lawyers hoped to see their clients again if their remand order was extended.

The remand period for the brothers and another suspect ends on Saturday.

Five others, in their 20s and 30s, believed to be involved in the murder of Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and her three aides, today had their remand order extended by another week to Sept 29.

The Attorney-General on Wednesday had ordered the police to investigate further the murders of Sosilawati and the other three.

Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail had returned the investigation papers to the police as there were many issues pertaining to the case that needed further investigation.

Police are also digging deeper into the three reports of missing persons that have now been upgraded to murder inquiry, as well as the murder of a housewife outside her home in Banting.

courtesy of Malay Mail