The accuracy of a telecommunication company’s call records was challenged in the High Court in Shah Alam today in the trial of the murder of cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and three others.

Manjeet Singh Dhillon, representing the first accused N Pathmanabhan, challenged the credibility of the records, alleging that he had found “several errors” in the document printed out by DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd Fraud Investigation Unit officer Mohd Feisal Zakaria, 43.   

When Manjeet asked  whether a question mark under the registered name for one of the numbers was a computerised printout, Mohd Feisal said: “Yes.”

Manjeet continued his examination of the printout which showed the number to be registered since 1900 and with a smile said, “I did not know DiGi was in operation for 111 years. Even the Companies Act was not in existence then.”

Judge Akhtar Tahir quipped that computers did not even exist then.

“Is this a computer error?” asked Manjeet, and Mohd Feisal answered he did not know how it happened.

“You are not responsible for the contents of this document and you do not know if there are errors on it?” asked Manjeet, and the witness said, “True.”

When Akhtar asked Mohd Feisal if he made any effort to look for the missing information in the document after printing it out, the 55th prosecution said he had not because it was handed directly to the police.

In the dock are Pathmanabhan, 41, a former lawyer, and his three farm hands, T Thilaiyalagan, 19, R Matan, 20, and R Khatavarayan, 30, jointly charged with the murder of Sosilawati, 47, CIMB bank officer Noorhisham Mohamad, 38, lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim, 32, and Sosilawati’s driver Kamaruddin Shamsuddin, 44, at Lot 2001, Jalan Tanjong Layang, Tanjung Sepat, Banting, between 8.30pm and 9.45pm on Aug 30, 2010.

The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code carries the mandatory death sentence.

The trial, which entered its 39th day today, resumes on Oct 10.

- Bernama