Teoh Beng Hock association urges DAP ministers to quit in protest
Published: May 25, 2025 2:13 PM
Updated: 6:38 PM
Summary
- The Teong Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement calls for DAP’s five ministers to resign over the recent NFA decision.
- Chairperson Ng Yap Hwa says the five should take responsibility for the party’s failure to fulfil its promises to seek justice for Teoh.
- The five ministers are Anthony Loke, Gobind Singh Deo, Nga Kor Ming, Sim Chee Keong, and Hannah Yeoh.
The Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement called for DAP’s five ministers to resign as a protest over the Attorney-General’s Chambers classifying Beng Hock’s death as no further action.
Association chairperson Ng Yap Hwa said the ministers - Anthony Loke, Gobind Singh Deo, Nga Kor Ming, Sim Chee Keong, and Hannah Yeoh - should take responsibility on the party’s behalf for failing to fulfil promises to seek justice for Beng Hock.
“The Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement believes that DAP leaders should not hide behind the excuse of cabinet collective responsibility without taking action.
“Politics is the art of possibility, and DAP can leverage its strength as the largest party in the ruling coalition to push for criminal enforcement agencies to uncover the truth and bring justice to Beng Hock,” Ng said in a statement.
He added that Loke, who is DAP secretary-general, had the responsibility of organising nationwide memorial events for Beng Hock in his role as the Youth chief at the time of the man’s death.
Yesterday, Beng Hock’s sister, Teoh Lee Lan, slammed the recent investigation, saying that it had merely reused old tactics as it focused only on the theory that he had committed suicide, excluding possibilities of homicide or murder.
Teoh Beng Hock’s sister Teoh Lee Lan
She also said the decision to classify her brother’s death as NFA does not reflect promises previously made by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Westminster principle
In 2009, Beng Hock, an aide to then Seri Kembangan assemblyperson Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead after overnight questioning at Selangor MACC, headquartered at Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam back then.
A 2011 Royal Commission of Inquiry ruled he was driven to suicide due to aggressive interrogation, but a Court of Appeal decision in 2014 ruled his death was caused or accelerated by unlawful acts, including those of MACC officers.
In his statement, Ng said the DAP ministers were accountable for the NFA under the Westminster principle of “collective responsibility”, binding all cabinet members.
She also said the decision to classify her brother’s death as NFA does not reflect promises previously made by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Westminster principle
In 2009, Beng Hock, an aide to then Seri Kembangan assemblyperson Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead after overnight questioning at Selangor MACC, headquartered at Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam back then.
A 2011 Royal Commission of Inquiry ruled he was driven to suicide due to aggressive interrogation, but a Court of Appeal decision in 2014 ruled his death was caused or accelerated by unlawful acts, including those of MACC officers.
In his statement, Ng said the DAP ministers were accountable for the NFA under the Westminster principle of “collective responsibility”, binding all cabinet members.
The Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement chairperson Ng Yap Hwa
Cabinet ministers might cite the Westminster cabinet principle of collective responsibility, stating that cabinet members should not publicly question government policies.
“However, the five DAP ministers must also understand that collective responsibility means they are equally accountable for the police department’s conclusion of ‘no further responsibility’ and the attorney-general’s ruling of ‘insufficient evidence for prosecution’,” he said.
Deafening silence
He lamented the silence of senior DAP leaders, including Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng, saying they had previously called for justice in Beng Hock’s case.
He said the party had earlier made consistent vows at various events to deliver justice for Beng Hock once it took federal power.
“We urge DAP to break its silence and uphold the accountability and transparency principles it has championed for years by publicly explaining its political stance on the investigation results of Beng Hock’s case to his family,” he said.
On Thursday, lawyer Ramkarpal Singh, who is also a DAP MP and Gobind’s brother, questioned the AGC’s decision, highlighting that it had failed to inform Beng Hock’s family directly, with the matter instead being relayed by the police.
The police Criminal Investigation Department had written to Ramkarpal on May 20 to inform him of the AGC’s decision, which police said was determined on May 19.
Cabinet ministers might cite the Westminster cabinet principle of collective responsibility, stating that cabinet members should not publicly question government policies.
“However, the five DAP ministers must also understand that collective responsibility means they are equally accountable for the police department’s conclusion of ‘no further responsibility’ and the attorney-general’s ruling of ‘insufficient evidence for prosecution’,” he said.
Deafening silence
He lamented the silence of senior DAP leaders, including Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng, saying they had previously called for justice in Beng Hock’s case.
He said the party had earlier made consistent vows at various events to deliver justice for Beng Hock once it took federal power.
“We urge DAP to break its silence and uphold the accountability and transparency principles it has championed for years by publicly explaining its political stance on the investigation results of Beng Hock’s case to his family,” he said.
On Thursday, lawyer Ramkarpal Singh, who is also a DAP MP and Gobind’s brother, questioned the AGC’s decision, highlighting that it had failed to inform Beng Hock’s family directly, with the matter instead being relayed by the police.
The police Criminal Investigation Department had written to Ramkarpal on May 20 to inform him of the AGC’s decision, which police said was determined on May 19.
Teoh Beng Hock’s family
On Nov 21 last year, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered the police to complete the investigation into Beng Hock’s death within six months after appeals court judge Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh allowed his parents’ judicial review application.
During Harapan’s first stint in Putrajaya under then-prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s leadership, the cabinet had agreed to reopen investigations into Beng Hock’s death.
Before the case was reopened, two special investigation teams were formed in 2011 and again in 2015. However, both probes were similarly classified as NFA.
On Nov 21 last year, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered the police to complete the investigation into Beng Hock’s death within six months after appeals court judge Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh allowed his parents’ judicial review application.
During Harapan’s first stint in Putrajaya under then-prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s leadership, the cabinet had agreed to reopen investigations into Beng Hock’s death.
Before the case was reopened, two special investigation teams were formed in 2011 and again in 2015. However, both probes were similarly classified as NFA.
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kt comments:
Did anyone expect LKS to protest? Read following:
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6/01/2017
Let us not forget Teoh Beng Hock
Alas, someone in the DAP might have forgotten
The evil that was perpetuated on a young manBy a Nazi-like organization that has been rotten
Yet easily forgiven by a political flash in the pan
All for grubby politics, none for integrity nor justice
For a man slain on the very eve of his wedding day
Oh we weep, what treachery to become so solicitous
To abandon principles, an evil crime now is gainsay
When is the MACC going to hand over to the police the person responsible for the untimely death of Teoh Beng Hock?
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DAP leader Lim Kit Siang shook hands with Rohaizad Yaakob, a top Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) official to show the opposition’s solidarity with the MACC Yet just a year earlier Kit Siang in his article, titled "Malaysians will not rest until justice is done for the killing of Teoh Beng Hock" said DAP and Pakatan Rakyat would continue to highlight the injustice of Teoh Beng Hock’s unresolved murder what utter bullshit |
But I haven't!
When is the MACC going to hand over to the police the person responsible for the untimely death of Teoh Beng Hock?
8/06/2015
Forgetting Teoh Beng Hock
Hey, my late name was Teoh Beng Hock
Is that even in your memory
Or just a wee footnote in history
My story soon to become mere talk-cock
Those who sinned against me
Cursing my family with veritable untold woes
Making Er Jia a fatherless baby
And those men with no pity
Have become icons by you, your new heroes
Thou faithless headless chooks
Cursing my family with veritable untold woes
Making Er Jia a fatherless baby
And those men with no pity
Have become icons by you, your new heroes
Thou faithless headless chooks
Have further insulted my already grieving family
Giving the enemy support but not rebukes
Ever greater pain my family now brooks
All because of your sad self-interest treachery
Giving the enemy support but not rebukes
Ever greater pain my family now brooks
All because of your sad self-interest treachery
Bhai once said don't be immoral
In desperately seeking victory without morality
Nor should one be ever unethical
But safeguard and value our principle
To never sacrifice and replace with hypocrisy
In desperately seeking victory without morality
Nor should one be ever unethical
But safeguard and value our principle
To never sacrifice and replace with hypocrisy
YOU UNMITIGATED HYPOCRITICAL BASTARDS!
Read also my KTemoc Komposes posts:
(1) Remembering Teoh Beng Hock
(2) The murder of Teoh Beng Hock
(3) I work for the rights of the dead
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