Families suffer as sons implicated in Nhaveen's murder

Looi Sue-Chern Looi Sue-Chern Updated 6 years ago · Published on 19 Jun 2017 4:37PM · 7 Comments

The four suspects charged with 18-year-old T. Nhaveen's murder being escorted into the courtroom in Penang today. – The Malaysian Insight pic, June 19, 2017.

THE lives of the five families, whose sons were involved in the murder of 18-year-old T. Nhaveen, have been made a living hell since the case gained prominence.

The four accused are college student J. Ragesuthen and unemployed S. Gokulan, both 18; and two secondary schoolboys, aged 16 and 17.

Even before the four youths were charged, and another being made a prosecution witness, the families have been punished by the public.

The family of one of the 18-year-old suspects in the case said it was the sodomy allegation, which was reported in the press and went viral on social media, that was destroying them.

They called it fake news that is ruining their lives and chances of finding a lawyer to represent their son.

The boy’s father said no Indian lawyer would take their son’s case because of the sodomy claim.

“Who said there was sodomy? Why the media reported there was sodomy? Did they see it happen?

“Are they charged with sodomy, Section 377C? You tell me where this sodomy allegation came from.

“The post-mortem report said the boy died from blunt-force trauma,” the frustrated father told The Malaysian Insight at the Penang Court Complex today.

Section 377C of the Penal Code deals with the offence of committing carnal intercourse against the order of nature without consent.

The man’s son along with three others were charged with Nhaveen’s murder and with causing grievous hurt with dangerous weapons or means to Nhaveen’s friend T. Previin, 19.

Last Monday, Nhaveen’s family held a press conference alleging that the boy was sexually assaulted when they learned from doctors that injuries were found on his anus and genitals.

Northeast district police chief Assistant Commissioner Anuar Omar said last Tuesday the police would consider using the law depending on the doctor’s report on Nhaveen’s injuries.

Nhaveen was beaten up by a group of boys on June 9 and slipped into a coma until he died last Thursday at 5.31pm.

The angry father said there had been pictures of battered victims circulating on social media that were supposedly of Nhaveen but were not.

He said he was not saying his son was innocent but he was upset that nobody had asked for their side of the story.

“If he is guilty, then he is guilty. But why are people punishing the family? Why are they saying no need the court to decide?

“To us, it is simple. Let the police, the lawyers and the courts to do their jobs,” he said.

He was also upset that politicians who had poked their noses into the case when it had nothing to do with them.

“They are just using this case for their own publicity,” he said.

The man’s wife, the 18-year-old suspect’s mother, said she had been called a prostitute and told she should not have given birth to her son.

“Some are saying they want to kill my son. Some people have circulated his photo and the others’ on social media,” she said.

Because of the attacks on social media, she said they could not go to work, and some of the other suspects’ families had to stop sending their kids to school since the incident.

“One of the suspects who is still schooling had even people going to his school trying to dig for his personal and family details.

“The families are afraid. The boys’ siblings can’t go to school. Everyone is being punished even before the courts hear the case,” she said.

The woman said she tried to make arrangements to see Nhaveen’s mother last week but the timing was just not right, and then the boy died.

She said as a mother, she also felt for the boy’s grieving family.

“The right moment (to see her) just never came,” she said.

The boy’s 26-year-old brother said his family had prayed for Nhaveen to survived and they now openly apologise to his family.

He said his family was now looking for a lawyer for his brother after counsel V. Parthipan stopped representing him.

Parthipan was representing four of the suspects when they were under remand but he reportedly said recently that he was no longer their lawyer as he had received no further instruction.

“We want to hire a criminal lawyer. We will find one. We have to defend the boy.

“He is my only brother. I need to take care of him,” the real estate agent told reporters outside the Magistrate’s Court after the four suspects were charged.

He also said they wanted the sodomy talk to end as there was no proof.

“We want to get justice for our family too. People will talk about this for a week or two, but for us, this will be forever. We have been ruined because of the sodomy claim,” he said.

He said his family and the other families involved felt alone in their torment while others in the Indian community vilified them.

“Who do we have? The public? Lawyers? Politicians? We sometimes think it may be better to convert and become Christians or Muslims,” he said. – June 19, 2017.

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  • To the four charged, nasi sudah jadi bubur (too late). 4 of you maliciously bashed a helpless ex schoolmate with helmets, kicked him and god know what else you did to send Nhaveen to his death and then you proceeded to maim and violate his genitals. Dear father of Ragesuthen or Gokulan whoever you are, do you really need to see a sodomy to convince yourself what a beast of a son you have created and raised??? It is this justification and lack of accountability that probably brought your son to this shithole. You should be jailed first along with your son for your lack of respect for a lost life. Now you want to whine about it? And you think becoming a Muslim or Christian will protect you from the laws of Universe? Rot in hell.

    Posted 6 years ago by Benjamin cruz · Reply

    • Very well said! They seem to be too worried about the sodomy charges against their sons but totally forgot about how their spoiled brats tortured someone else's child! It's too funny how they whine about not being represented by lawyers, even funnier is when he says he rather become a Christian or a Muslim...what a joke! It shows when they open their mouth the level of integrity and education they have. These people have no mercy on the child that died... none whatsoever! Barbarians!

      Posted 6 years ago by Savi Lovett · Reply

  • Shame on these barbaric youths. Would you want to try bashing your own family members they way you inflicted the deadly injuries on the late innocent Nhaveen? I suggest that you do it to your father, mother, brother, sister and do it to your gang members since you think it's so much fun. Do it! Do it! Re-enact it in public. Where was your conscience when the incident took place? And you all even dare to plead not guilty. You don't have to cover your face if you're not guilty. You're a despise, you're a shame and you deserve all the social stigma from society. God will forgive you if you plead guilty but don't think you can run away from the law. To the families of the accused, it's too late to regret, it's very hard to gain society's trust and respect because you allowed your kids to go rot. God watches everything. My sorrow goes to Nhaveen and his mum and to Previin and his family, God protects you day and night! May justice prevails.

    Posted 6 years ago by Parislove Paris · Reply

    • Yeah, you said it right! Barbarian parents will only raise barbarian children, case closed! Merciless homo sapiens!!!!

      Posted 6 years ago by Savi Lovett · Reply

  • Changing to religion will not give you a free pass. Good try though!

    Posted 6 years ago by Shankar Narayanan · Reply

  • It is incumbent upon any admitted lawyer with a practising certificate to defend the accused in this or any other matter unless they have a compelling reason not to do so.Your won't find a capable lawyer to defend these defendants because Malaysian lawyers only take on matters which are popular and high profle because they are perceived to be easy.

    The criticisms of Malaysian lawyers and their lack of legal ethics has been running for over a decade. Do they care? Of course not.

    This is the same logic that was applied by Ambiga Srinivasan when she asked the Malaysian Bar not to afford any legal aid to the Hindraf 5 in 2007. But not just that this is also characteristic of the Tamils and their leadership in Malaysia.

    Where is Waythamurthi. This is not Zakir Naik a foreigner. These are Tamils he claims others have not been taking care of. Now here is an opportunity Waythamurthi and Hindraf to prove your mettle and to take a stance and to show you care. Show them you have the leadership and the understanding of what it means to be a lawyer.

    Show the world you are not a political eunuch and loud mouth and capable of handling matters like a professional without fear or favour. Isn't that the Malaysian Bar's slogan Motto?

    Where are the Anwar Ibrahim defendants of the Tamil causes?

    Posted 6 years ago by Gopal Raj Kumar · Reply

  • Am not too concerned about the difficulties that the perpetrators families are suffering or what they want. I am not entirely convinced that the families had nothing to do with how their brother or son turned up at. If they want to convert to some other religion i think by all means they should do it. People weep when they lose diamond or gold. When was the last time you saw someone cry because they threw out the trash?

    Posted 6 years ago by Nehru Sathiamoorthy · Reply