Two days after the release of the Royal Commission of Inquiry
into the death of Teoh Beng Hock, the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)
announced that it has suspended the three officers said to be responsible for
the death of the political aide.
The trio - Negeri Sembilan MACC director Hishamuddin Hashim ,the Selangor MACC deputy director during the incident, and two of his enforcement officers Mohd Anuar Ismail and Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus - were named by the RCI report for their involvement in interrogating Teoh.
The anti-graft body has formed a special investigation team led by MACC deputy chief commissioner Zakaria Jaffar (management and professionalism) to carry out an internal probe on the allegations made by the report against the three.
The trio - Negeri Sembilan MACC director Hishamuddin Hashim ,the Selangor MACC deputy director during the incident, and two of his enforcement officers Mohd Anuar Ismail and Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus - were named by the RCI report for their involvement in interrogating Teoh.
The anti-graft body has formed a special investigation team led by MACC deputy chief commissioner Zakaria Jaffar (management and professionalism) to carry out an internal probe on the allegations made by the report against the three.
"Pending the outcome of investigation, all three relevant officers have been suspended or excluded from any investigation operation tasks," said MACC in a statement issued today.
It said that the team will prepare a comprehensive report to
be submitted to its complaints committee comprising four independent
individuals.
The committee is led by former appeallate court judge Mohd Noor Abdullah.
The committee is led by former appeallate court judge Mohd Noor Abdullah.
The three other members are former Prime Minister's
Department deputy chief secretary Muhammad Mohd Noor, former public complaints
bureau director-general Wan Abdul Wahab Abdullah and lawyer V Ravindran.However, the statement did not mention any deadline for the
probe.
It also did not name the three officers but a check by Malaysiakini with the MACC public relations officer confirmed their identities.
Will not protect any officer
The anti-graft body has vowed that it will not protect any officer who had either violated laws or taken any action deemed illegal.
It also did not name the three officers but a check by Malaysiakini with the MACC public relations officer confirmed their identities.
Will not protect any officer
The anti-graft body has vowed that it will not protect any officer who had either violated laws or taken any action deemed illegal.
"We would like to stress that this commission will not
tolerate or protect any officer who is found committing any criminal or
disciplinary offence."
It also promised to give full cooperation to the police for an independent and transparent investigation.
It also promised to give full cooperation to the police for an independent and transparent investigation.
The RCI report alleged the trio had carried out a fourth
round of intensive
interrogation, which was described as the "final straw that broke
the camel's back", leading to Teoh's suicide.
Paragraph 198 of the RCI report reads: "The acts committed by these three persons, namely Hishamuddin, Anuar, and Ashraf, were most probably in the form of another round of intensive interrogation of Teoh to coerce him into making a statement that it was (Seri Kembangan state representative) Ean Yong Hian Wah who directed him to commit unlawful acts in handling the allocation.
"This session must have been very taxing on Teoh, both physically and mentally. He had been deprived of sleep throughout the night and into the morning and had to endure persistent, aggressive and unscrupulous questioning."
Paragraph 198 of the RCI report reads: "The acts committed by these three persons, namely Hishamuddin, Anuar, and Ashraf, were most probably in the form of another round of intensive interrogation of Teoh to coerce him into making a statement that it was (Seri Kembangan state representative) Ean Yong Hian Wah who directed him to commit unlawful acts in handling the allocation.
"This session must have been very taxing on Teoh, both physically and mentally. He had been deprived of sleep throughout the night and into the morning and had to endure persistent, aggressive and unscrupulous questioning."
The opposition has been pressuring
the attorney-general as well as the MACC to take action against the trio.
Both the MACC and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Aziz had pledged that appropriate action would be taken against the officers involved, and on the findings and recommendations of the commission.
In today's statement, MACC said it has and is implementing
several recommendations of the RCI report, including the installation of CCTV,
setting up a video interview room (VIR), placing all visitors of MACC at the
ground floor where they will be accompanied at all times.Both the MACC and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Aziz had pledged that appropriate action would be taken against the officers involved, and on the findings and recommendations of the commission.
"Other recommendations will be studied and appropriate action taken for improvement," it said.
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