Beng Hock’s sister fires
back at CID chief over
‘uncooperative’ claim
Teoh Lee Lan says they have been questioned multiple times and subjected to psychological evaluations over the past 16 years, yet are suddenly accused of not being fully cooperative.
Lee Lan said the family had been interrogated multiple times throughout the timeline of the case, including police questioning, repeated court testimonies under oath, and psychological evaluations by government-appointed experts.
“All statements, testimonies, and investigation reports are already documented. The police can access these records anytime.
“What further cooperation do you require from us? With six police investigations conducted over 16 years, why is our ‘lack of cooperation’ only being raised now?
“Our family wasn’t present at the crime scene. How exactly are we supposed to help the police apprehend the killers?” she asked in a statement.
Lee Lan said the police should instead focus their attention on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officers whom the Court of Appeal and a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) had found to have given false statements.
She also urged for the case to be probed under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder rather than under Section 342 for wrongful confinement.
Yesterday, Shuhaily said the police were in the final stage of completing their fresh investigation into Beng Hock’s death, with the probe paper to be submitted to the deputy public prosecutor soon.
The Bukit Aman CID chief claimed Beng Hock’s family had not been fully cooperative and that investigating officers had had a hard time contacting them to assist in the probe.
In July 2009, Beng Hock, who was then the political aide to Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam, hours after he had gone for questioning on the 14th floor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s Selangor headquarters.
A coroner’s inquest in 2011 delivered an open verdict.
Beng Hock’s family subsequently filed an appeal against the findings, and three years later, the Court of Appeal set aside the open verdict and ruled the death was caused by multiple injuries as a result of unlawful acts by unknown persons.
Last November, the Kuala Lumpur High Court instructed the authorities to reopen and thoroughly reinvestigate all aspects of his death.
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kt opines:
I doubt the police can ever find out who was the murderer.
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