The family of Teoh Beng Hock will challenge the suicide verdict of
the royal commission of inquiry (RCI) this Wednesday.“We will file a judicial review application at the High Court to
set aside the RCI's findings,” said Gobind Singh, the counsel for Teoh's
family.In the report released last
month, the inquiry panel led by federal court judge James Foong concluded that
Teoh “was driven to commit
suicide by the aggressive, relentless, oppressive and unscrupulous
interrogation” by Malaysia Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) officers during
detention.
Teoh's family rejected the findings, insisting that Teoh was murdered and the government must bear the responsibility.Hence, the family will also file a civil suit against MACC and the government for compensation.Despite calls to charge the MACC officers named in the report as responsible for Teoh's death, MACC only suspended three officers pending an internal investigation.
MACC director of investigations Mustafar Ali said there will be no further suspension of others besides the three officers, and no time frame has been fixed for the internal probe.Mustafar also revealed that the internal probe will focus on administrative and procedural issues, while criminal investigations will be left to the police.However, Selangor police have decided not to investigate the report's findings as “nothing was said about them breaking the law”.
“From the findings of the RCI, they were found to have used aggressive, persistent and unscrupulous questioning methods on Teoh which violated MACC's procedures. However, there was no finding of criminal offence on the political aide's death,” said Selangor police chief Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah in a Malay Mail report.
Teoh was the political aide to Selangor exco member Ean Yong Hian Wah. He was found sprawled across the fifth floor landing of Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam, on July 16, 2009, after being held overnight for questioning by the Selangor MACC at its headquarters on the 14th floor.
Teoh's family rejected the findings, insisting that Teoh was murdered and the government must bear the responsibility.Hence, the family will also file a civil suit against MACC and the government for compensation.Despite calls to charge the MACC officers named in the report as responsible for Teoh's death, MACC only suspended three officers pending an internal investigation.
MACC director of investigations Mustafar Ali said there will be no further suspension of others besides the three officers, and no time frame has been fixed for the internal probe.Mustafar also revealed that the internal probe will focus on administrative and procedural issues, while criminal investigations will be left to the police.However, Selangor police have decided not to investigate the report's findings as “nothing was said about them breaking the law”.
“From the findings of the RCI, they were found to have used aggressive, persistent and unscrupulous questioning methods on Teoh which violated MACC's procedures. However, there was no finding of criminal offence on the political aide's death,” said Selangor police chief Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah in a Malay Mail report.
Teoh was the political aide to Selangor exco member Ean Yong Hian Wah. He was found sprawled across the fifth floor landing of Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam, on July 16, 2009, after being held overnight for questioning by the Selangor MACC at its headquarters on the 14th floor.
Source : http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/173717
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