A-GC WANTS IGP TO REOPEN TEOH’S CASE

It has written to Fuzi requesting further probe into death of then aide to rep, says Ramkarpal

THE Attorney-General’s Chambers (A-GC) has asked the Inspector General of Police to reopen investigations into the death of Teoh Beng Hock.

Ramkarpal Singh, who is the lawyer for Teoh’s family, said the A-GC had written on July 17 to IGP Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun, asking for further investigations into the death of the then aide to Selangor assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah.

“(This) is a positive development and we hope that such investigations reveal those responsible for Teoh’s death, especially since the Court of Appeal has made a finding that there were others involved in the same case,” he said.

The A-GC’s decision follows a letter written by Messrs Karpal Singh & Co on July 6, enquiring if the case would be reopened.

Teoh had fallen to his death at the Selangor Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission (MACC) office in 2009, having been called for questioning to assist investigations into a corruption case.

Magistrate Azmil Muntapha Abas, acting as coroner, had delivered an open verdict two years later, saying that the death could neither be ruled a suicide nor murder.

A Royal Commission of Inquiry that same year ruled that Teoh had been driven to suicide, laying the blame on intensive interrogation by three MACC officers.

However, in 2014, a Court of Appeal panel overruled the open verdict, blaming persons unknown for the death.