‘I didn’t attack Nhaveen’: Accused tells High Court fight started with blow to friend’s face

In a High Court in George Town, one of the four accused, J.

Ragesuthen, denied participating in the murder of teenager T.

Nhaveen nine years ago.

Ragesuthen claimed he witnessed a scuffle involving his co-accused and Nhaveen's friend, Previin, but denied any subsequent attack on Nhaveen.

The Court of Appeal had previously ordered the accused to enter their defense following an appeal against their acquittal.

The proceedings, overseen by Judge Datuk Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid, focus on the charges related to the murder of Nhaveen and injuries to Previin.

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 9 — One of the four men accused of murdering teenager T. Nhaveen nine years ago denied yesterday that he and the three other accused carried out an attack on the victim and his friend at Padang Openg following a scuffle on Jalan Kaki Bukit, Gelugor.

J. Ragesuthen, 27, told the High Court here that he was on Jalan Kaki Bukit when a “scuffle” occurred between his friend — who was another accused and a minor at the time of the incident — and T. Previin, who was Nhaveen’s friend.

He said Previin acted aggressively and struck his friend with a helmet, and that he stopped Previin from continuing to attack his friend, while two other friends who are also accused, S. Gokulan and another person, subsequently arrived to break up the fight.

“I saw Previin hit another accused friend in the face with a helmet, and he passed out at the scene. Suddenly, Belang (their friend) came to the scene on a motorcycle. Belang broke up the fight at that moment,” he said while reading his witness statement during his defence against the charge of murdering Nhaveen.

Ragesuthen said he, Gokulan, and another accused helped carry the injured accused back home to get treatment.

He said he then saw Belang take Nhaveen away on his motorcycle while Previin left on his own motorcycle, and he did not know what happened to them after that.

The man also admitted to mocking Nhaveen earlier along with another accused at a burger stall, though he could not recall the contents, and claimed that Nhaveen came with Previin to Jalan Kaki Bukit to ask why they had mocked Nhaveen, leading to the scuffle between them.

Answering questions from Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohd Amril Johari, Ragesuthen also denied that he, Gokulan, and the two other accused subsequently went to Padang Openg and continued the attack on Nhaveen.

Asked whether throughout the previous trial he had ever raised the fact that the accused’s friend passed out after being hit by Previin, Ragesuthan admitted that the matter had never been told in court.

Mohd Amril: No such testimony was presented at the prosecution stage that the accused’s friend was injured after being hit by Previin. Ragesuthan: I told the police. Mohd Amril: No, during the prosecution, we never even heard that the accused’s friend was injured and passed out, right? Ragesuthan: Right. Mohd Amril: So you agree this is the first time you are informing us that, first, the accused’s friend was hit by Previin and second, the accused’s friend passed out? Ragesuthan: Yes.

Ragesuthen also said he did not manhandle Previin, including trying to put him in a “neck lock,” but instead only held Previin while trying to break up the fight.

He also denied calling Nhaveen’s mother, T. Shanti, on the night of the incident to tell her that Nhaveen would not be returned until “the matter/issue is settled,” and denied mocking Nhaveen using insulting words including “potte” (effeminate/sissy).

Meanwhile, Gokulan said in his witness statement that he saw Previin hit another accused on the face with a helmet until he passed out on Jalan Kaki Bukit before hearing a loud scream and going to see what was happening.

He also disagreed with the prosecution’s suggestion that he and the three other accused beat Previin on the night of the incident or continued the attack on Nhaveen at Padang Openg.

During today’s proceedings, another accused also gave a nearly identical witness statement. The prosecution was handled by Mohd Amril, Yazid Mustaqim, and Noor Azura Zulkiflee, while the four accused were represented by lawyers Maanveer Singh Dhillon, R. Thevan, and Lim Sheng Zhe.

Previously, the Court of Appeal ordered Ragesuthen, Gokulan, and two other individuals who were minors at the time of the incident to enter their defene on the charge of murdering Nhaveen after allowing the prosecution’s appeal against the High Court’s decision to acquit and discharge them on October 3, 2023.

The four accused were also ordered to enter their defence on the charge of injuring Nhaveen’s friend, Previin, near the Karpal Singh Learning Centre on Jalan Kaki Bukit, Gelugor, between 11pm and 12 midnight on June 9, 2017.

Nhaveen passed away on June 15, 2017, after six days of treatment at the Penang Hospital due to severe injuries he suffered in the incident.

The trial before Judge Datuk Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid continues today. — Bernama

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在乔治城高等法院，四名被告之一 J.

拉格苏滕否认参与谋杀青少年T。

九年前的纳文。

拉格苏滕声称他目睹了同案被告与纳维恩的朋友普雷文之间的争执，但他否认随后对纳维恩进行了任何攻击。

此前，上诉法院已下令被告在对其无罪判决提出上诉后进行辩护。

诉讼程序由拿督莫哈末拉兹阿卜杜勒哈米德法官监督，重点关注与谋杀纳文和伤害普雷维因有关的指控。

乔治市，10 月 9 日讯——九年前被控谋杀少年 T. Nhaveen 的四名男子之一昨日否认，他和另外三名被告在 Gelugor 的 Jalan Kaki Bukit 与受害者及其朋友发生争执后，在 Padang Openg 对受害者及其朋友实施了袭击。

27 岁的 J. Ragesuthen 向高等法院表示，事发时他正在 Jalan Kaki Bukit，他的朋友（也是被告之一，事发时还是未成年人）与 Nhaveen 的朋友 T. Previin 发生了“争执”。

他说，普雷文行为粗暴，用头盔打了他的朋友，他阻止了普雷文继续攻击他的朋友，而另外两名也被指控的朋友，S. Gokulan 和另一人随后赶到，制止了这场斗殴。

“我看到普雷文用头盔击打另一名被告朋友的脸部，他当场昏了过去。突然，贝朗（他们的朋友）骑着摩托车赶到现场。贝朗随即制止了这场斗殴，”他在为自己被控谋杀纳文的指控进行辩护时宣读证词时说道。

拉格苏滕说，他和戈库兰以及另一名被告一起帮助受伤的被告回家接受治疗。

他说，他随后看到贝朗骑着摩托车带走了纳维恩，而普雷文则骑着自己的摩托车离开了，之后他们发生了什么事，他就不知道了。

该男子还承认早前曾与另一名被告在一家汉堡摊嘲笑纳文，但他记不清嘲笑的内容，并声称纳文和普雷文来到加基武吉路质问他们为何嘲笑纳文，导致双方发生冲突。

在回答副检察官莫哈末·阿姆里尔·乔哈里的提问时，拉格苏滕还否认他、戈库兰和其他两名被告随后前往巴东奥彭并继续袭击纳维恩。

当被问及在之前的审判中是否曾提出被告的朋友在被普雷文击中后昏迷的事实时，拉格苏坦承认，这件事从未在法庭上提及。

莫哈末·阿姆里尔：控方在审理阶段并没有提供任何证词，证明被告的朋友被普雷文打伤。拉格苏坦：我告诉过警察。莫哈末·阿姆里尔：不，在控方审理期间，我们甚至从未听说过被告的朋友受伤昏迷，对吗？拉格苏坦：对。莫哈末·阿姆里尔：所以你承认这是你第一次告诉我们，被告的朋友被普雷文打伤，以及被告的朋友昏迷？拉格苏坦：是的。

拉格苏滕还表示，他没有粗暴对待普雷文，也没有试图用“锁喉”制服他，而只是在试图制止打斗时抓住了普雷文。

他还否认在事发当晚打电话给纳维恩的母亲T. Shanti，告诉她纳维恩在“此事/问题解决”之前不会被送回来，并否认使用“potte”（娘娘腔/娘娘腔）等侮辱性词语嘲笑纳维恩。

与此同时，戈库兰在证词中说，他看到普雷文用头盔击打另一名被告的脸部，直到该被告在卡基武吉路昏迷过去，然后听到一声尖叫，便过去查看发生了什么事。

他还不同意检方的说法，即他和另外三名被告在事发当晚殴打了普雷文，或者在巴东奥彭继续袭击了纳文。

在今天的庭审中，另一名被告也提供了几乎相同的证词。控方律师为莫哈末·阿姆里尔、亚齐德·穆斯塔基姆和努尔·阿祖拉·祖尔基夫利，四名被告的辩护律师分别为曼维尔·辛格·迪隆、R·特万和林胜哲。

此前，上诉法院于 2023 年 10 月 3 日允许检方对高等法院无罪释放拉格苏滕、戈库兰和另外两名事发时未成年的人提出上诉，要求他们就谋杀纳维恩的指控进行辩护。

四名被告还被勒令就其于 2017 年 6 月 9 日晚上 11 点至午夜 12 点在格鲁格尔卡基武吉路卡巴星学习中心附近伤害纳文的朋友普雷文的指控进行辩护。

2017 年 6 月 15 日，纳文因在事故中受重伤，在槟城医院接受了六天的治疗后去世。

法官拿督莫哈末拉兹阿卜杜勒哈米德的审判今天继续进行。 — 马新社

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