The New Straits Times (Used by permission)
Hisham said in his report that he read the article in the latest edition of the newspaper yesterday and found that the article concluded that Teoh, a political aide to a Selangor state executive councillor, had been murdered.
He said that according to the article, Teoh, who was found dead on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam on July 16 last year, was confirmed to have been murdered based on the second post-mortem conducted at Sungai Buloh Hospital on Nov 22 last year.
“As an MACC officer, I ask the police to conduct a thorough investigation in connection with the article by Suara Keadilan because I feel that what was circulated is sub judice and contrary to the ongoing inquest (into Teoh’s death).
“It is also in keeping with a reminder by the Selangor police chief prohibiting anyone from discussing the Teoh case,” Bernama quoted him as saying.
In the other police report, Raub said he lodged it against Dr Pornthip because he suspected that she had leaked the information on the forensic report to unauthorised people.
“This (police) report is made because every action of Dr Pornthip was contrary to the court’s decision and would further undermine M AC C ’s image,” he said in the repor t.
MACC chief commissioner Datuk Abu Kassim Mohamed, when contacted, said he had just resumed work after his leave and would ask for a report from his officers on the article as well as copies of the police reports.
“If they have lodged police reports, let the police conduct their investigation,” he said.
Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar confirmed that two police reports had been made and that he would call up the Suara Keadilan reporter who wrote the article.
Urging everyone not to speculate, he said even if they knew the findings of an investigation, they were not supposed to divulge anything until the court heard it and made its decision.
He said policewould call the persons implicated in the police reports and would decide if these people should be cited under the Sedition Act, and if so it would be for the court to decide if they had committed contempt of court.
On July 16 last year, Teoh, 30, the political aide to Selangor state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam after he had given a statement as a witness on alleged misuse of allocations for state assemblymen, at the MACC office located in the same building.
Te o h was buried four days later at the Nirvana Memorial Park in Semenyih, Selangor, but the body was exhumed four months later after the coroner allowed a second post-mortem on Nov 22.
The second port-mortem was conducted by Sungai Buloh Hospital Pathology Unit head Dr Shahidan Md Noor, with Dr Pornthip in attendance as an observer representing the Selangor government, while MACC was represented by independent forensic expert Prof Dr Peter Vanezis of the United Kingdom.
SHAH ALAM: Two Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission officers lodged police reports against Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunan and Suara Keadilan yesterday for allegedly attempting to undermine the ongoing inquest into the death of Selangor political aide Teoh Beng Hock.
Hisham Mohd Yusoff, 30, and Raub Ghani, 41, of the Putrajaya MACC investigation branch, lodged the reports about 10.30am at the Shah Alam district police headquarters here over an article in the Parti Keadilan Rakyat newspaper which confirmed as murder the death of Teoh, who had been called for questioning by MACC.
Hisham Mohd Yusoff, 30, and Raub Ghani, 41, of the Putrajaya MACC investigation branch, lodged the reports about 10.30am at the Shah Alam district police headquarters here over an article in the Parti Keadilan Rakyat newspaper which confirmed as murder the death of Teoh, who had been called for questioning by MACC.
Hisham said in his report that he read the article in the latest edition of the newspaper yesterday and found that the article concluded that Teoh, a political aide to a Selangor state executive councillor, had been murdered.
He said that according to the article, Teoh, who was found dead on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam on July 16 last year, was confirmed to have been murdered based on the second post-mortem conducted at Sungai Buloh Hospital on Nov 22 last year.
“As an MACC officer, I ask the police to conduct a thorough investigation in connection with the article by Suara Keadilan because I feel that what was circulated is sub judice and contrary to the ongoing inquest (into Teoh’s death).
“It is also in keeping with a reminder by the Selangor police chief prohibiting anyone from discussing the Teoh case,” Bernama quoted him as saying.
In the other police report, Raub said he lodged it against Dr Pornthip because he suspected that she had leaked the information on the forensic report to unauthorised people.
“This (police) report is made because every action of Dr Pornthip was contrary to the court’s decision and would further undermine M AC C ’s image,” he said in the repor t.
MACC chief commissioner Datuk Abu Kassim Mohamed, when contacted, said he had just resumed work after his leave and would ask for a report from his officers on the article as well as copies of the police reports.
“If they have lodged police reports, let the police conduct their investigation,” he said.
Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar confirmed that two police reports had been made and that he would call up the Suara Keadilan reporter who wrote the article.
Urging everyone not to speculate, he said even if they knew the findings of an investigation, they were not supposed to divulge anything until the court heard it and made its decision.
He said policewould call the persons implicated in the police reports and would decide if these people should be cited under the Sedition Act, and if so it would be for the court to decide if they had committed contempt of court.
On July 16 last year, Teoh, 30, the political aide to Selangor state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam after he had given a statement as a witness on alleged misuse of allocations for state assemblymen, at the MACC office located in the same building.
Te o h was buried four days later at the Nirvana Memorial Park in Semenyih, Selangor, but the body was exhumed four months later after the coroner allowed a second post-mortem on Nov 22.
The second port-mortem was conducted by Sungai Buloh Hospital Pathology Unit head Dr Shahidan Md Noor, with Dr Pornthip in attendance as an observer representing the Selangor government, while MACC was represented by independent forensic expert Prof Dr Peter Vanezis of the United Kingdom.
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