Australia deports Malaysian surgeon linked to death of 2 prostitutes
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A Malaysian-born neurosurgeon in Sydney linked to the deaths of two prostitutes has been deported to Malaysia, Australia’s Daily Telegraph reported today.
Dr Suresh Nair, who worked at the Nepean Private Hospital in Sydney's western suburbs left Australia on Tuesday, the paper said.
Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison had ordered Dr Suresh’s deportation after he was released on parole on July 31, the report said.
Dr Suresh had prior to that served a four-year jail sentence for manslaughter and supplying cocaine after pleading guilty to both charges in 2011.
“I take very seriously my role in protecting the Australian community from the risk of harm by non-citizens who engage in criminal conduct,” Morrison was quoted as saying.
Earlier reports by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABS) said that Dr Suresh, who was addicted to cocaine and spent thousands of dollars on marathon sex sessions, had been arrested in connection with the deaths of two sex workers – Victoria McIntyre, 23, and Suellen Domingues-Zaupa, 22.
In February 2009, McIntyre died from cocaine overdose a day after being booked for a cocaine-filled party at Dr Suresh's apartment.
Although police informed the Nepean Public Hospital of the death, the New South Wales Medical Board did not learn of it and the doctor continued to practise, ABC reported.
However, on November 19, 2009, Domingues-Zaupa died at the neurosurgeon's luxury Elizabeth Bay apartment – less than a year after McIntyre's death, the ABC report said.
The report added that in the months separating the two deaths, Dr Suresh spent more than more than A$120,000 (RM350,000) on sex and drugs inside a Sydney brothel called Liaison.
Dr Choong Siew Yong from the Medical Council of NSW said had the council been aware of the neurosurgeon's involvement in the first death, he would not have been allowed to continue practising.
"In hindsight now we can see that he, at some stage, even under our programme, was still affected by the drugs. He was able to conceal that from us, from his colleagues, from his patients, from his supervisors," Dr Yong told ABC.
Dr Suresh was jailed in 2011 after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of Domingues-Zaupa and of supplying cocaine to McIntyre.
Although he had Australian permanent residency, he had never obtained Australian citizenship. – August 28, 2014.
