Cops begin probe on death of Beng Hock

(Malay Mail Online) – Police have started investigations into the death of DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock while under the custody of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in 2009.

This follows the Court of Appeal’s ruling this month which overturned the coroner’s court open verdict on Teoh’s death.

Deputy federal CID chief DCP Datuk Amar Singh said a team of officers were studying the files on the case, including the initial sudden death report, the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Teoh’s death, and the Court of Appeal ruling.

“There are three officers, including myself, studying the reports. We are halfway through them. It is taking some time as we have to be meticulous with every single detail,” he said yesterday.

All three officers were not involved in the case five years ago, and Amar believes this will enable them to look at the case “with a fresh perspective”.

He said the police would revisit the scene and question witnesses again after reviewing the files.

On September 5, a three-man bench at the Court of Appeal overturned the coroner’s open verdict on Teoh’s demise.

The bench directed Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar and the Attorney General’s Chambers to reopen the investigation papers.

Teoh, 30, the former political aide of DAP Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah, had been questioned at the Selangor MACC headquarters in Shah Alam when his body was found on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam, which also housed the MACC office, on July 16, 2009.