When contacted, Jasmine Cheong, a lawyer representing one of the convicted, former pathologist Dr R Kunaseegaran, confirmed the date.

She said the court also set Dec 9 for another case management for directions on submissions.

On July 10, 2020, Kunaseegaran, moneylender SR Chandaran, and four unemployed men — R Dinishwaran, AK Thinesh Kumar, M Vishwanath and S Nimalan — were sentenced to death by the High Court in Kuala Lumpur after they were found guilty of murdering Morais.

The six men were charged with murdering Morais, 55, somewhere along Jalan Dutamas Raya Sentul and No. 1, Jalan USJ 1/6D, Subang Jaya, on Sept 4, 2015.

Morais was reported missing on Sept 4, 2015. He was seen leaving his apartment at Menara Duta, Kuala Lumpur in a Proton Perdana. His body was found in an oil drum filled with cement at Persiaran Subang Mewah, Subang Jaya, on Sept 16, 2015.

In his decision, High Court Justice Azman Abdullah held that all the six men had a common intention to kill Morais.

He said the prosecution had succeeded in establishing the case without any reasonable doubt.