Probe paper on Teoh Beng
Hock’s death sent back to
AGC, says Saifuddin
The home minister says the police recalled key witnesses after reopening the case.
Saifuddin said that following a Cabinet decision in 2018, the police reopened their investigation into the case under Section 342 of the Penal Code for wrongful confinement.
he said in a written parliamentary reply.The probe paper was returned by the AGC to the investigation officer on Jan 6, 2023,
He said the police were requested to record further statements from key witnesses before resubmitting the investigation paper to the AGC for further instructions.
he said.The police have recalled the witnesses to complete their investigation and have referred the probe paper to the AGC for its comments and feedback,
Yesterday, FMT reported that the High Court has set July 29 to deliver its ruling on a judicial review application brought by Teoh’s family against the police over his death in 2009.
Teoh’s parents are seeking a court order to compel the inspector-general of police to carry out a complete investigation into their son’s death.
Teoh, then a political aide to Selangor executive councillor and DAP’s Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on the fifth-floor service corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam on July 16, 2009. He had been held there overnight and questioned by MACC, whose Selangor headquarters was on the 14th floor.
In 2014, the Court of Appeal found that his death was caused by the act of a person or persons unknown, including the MACC officers who had questioned him.
The High Court had also recorded an out-of-court settlement, in which the family was awarded RM600,000 in damages for negligence.
A royal commission of inquiry in 2011 determined that Teoh had been driven to suicide by MACC’s aggressive questioning.
Saifuddin was responding to Lim Lip Eng (PH-Kepong), who asked for updates on the reinvestigation of the case, as well as that of fireman Adib Kassim, who died a month after sustaining injuries while on duty at a riot at a Hindu temple in Subang Jaya.
Adib Kassim’s death
On Adib’s case, Saifuddin cited a Cabinet decision dated Oct 9, 2021 to form a special committee to look into the matter.
he said.The special committee began the investigation process on Dec 12, 2021, and submitted its final report to the government, for the consideration of the legal affairs division of the Prime Minister’s Department,
In 2019, a coroner ruled that Adib had been killed by
.more than two unidentified persons
In July last year, the prosecution filed an appeal to set aside a magistrates’ court decision which acquitted 17 men charged with rioting at the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple.
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