SHAH ALAM, 16 July 2009: A Selangor state executive councillor's special assistant, Teoh Beng Hock, was found dead today in the corridor of the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam.
Teoh, who was in his 30s, was believed to have fallen off the building. His body was found lying face-down at about 1.30pm.
At about 8pm, his body had not been taken from the scene and the police were still investigating.
Teoh, the special assistant to exco Ean Yong Hian Wan, was a witness in the investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) into allegations of misappropriation of state allocations.
MACC's director of investigation Datuk Mohd Shukri Abdull said at a news conference at the scene that Teoh went to the Selangor
MACC office on the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam at 5pm yesterday to give a statement and was allowed to leave at 3.45am today.
He said that before leaving, Teoh promised to return to the Selangor MACC office and bring several documents to assist in the investigations.
"He however said he wanted to rest first in the visitors' room [in] the MACC office and was allowed to do so. At 6am, he was seen sleeping on the sofa and after [that he] was not seen again.
"During the investigation the victim cooperated fully as he was not an accused but was a witness," he said.
Yong, the Seri Kembangan assemblyperson, was among seven state assemblypersons and executive councillors being investigated by the MACC.
Yesterday, the MACC raided Yong's office at the state secretariat here to take documents related to state allocations and took Teoh in for questioning.
Mohd Shukri said that after he was informed that Teoh's body was found on the fifth floor today, the commission made a police report.
On the long time taken to conduct its investigation, Mohd Shukri said it was normal procedure in all investigations done by the commission. — Bernama
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