Selangor DAP chief Ean Yong Hian Wah wants the police to stop a probe against party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng for allegedly making seditious remarks.

seri kembangan memorial teoh beng hock 190709 ean yong In a statement yesterday, Ean Yong described the police probe as politically motivated and an attempt to cover up the real reasons behind the death of his political aide, Teoh Beng Hock.

“The police are acting swiftly. They are being used by Barisan Nasional as part of their political machinery to attack Pakatan Rakyat,” lamented Ean Yong, the Seri Kembangan state assemblyperson and also Teoh’s former boss.

Yesterday, several media reports quoted Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar alleging that Lim made seditious remarks about Teoh’s death during the inaugural Pakatan convention in Shah Alam on Dec 19.

According to Utusan Malaysia , a police report was lodged against Lim over the incident by the police themselves.

perak dap protest police sedition probe against lim guan eng 251209 Khalid adds that Lim will be called in for questioning next week for saying that Teoh was killed. He also advised Lim not to make unfounded remarks about the case, which is being investigated in an inquest.

Yesterday, a group of 30 people from Perak DAP held a protest in Pantai Remis to express their opposition to the “politically motivated” police investigation ( photo ).

Inquest delayed to new year

In his press statement, Ean Yong also accused the BN federal government of trying to delay the process of the inquest into Teoh’s death.

The inquest, which was scheduled to resume on Dec 9, was postponed to Jan 7 after the Sungai Buloh Hospital refused to hand over Teoh’s X-rays to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) pathologist Prof Peter Vanezis.

Vanezis is a renowned British forensic pathologist who have worked on numerous high profile cases, including Princess Diana’s death.

According to Ean Yong, the situation has coloured the public perception that Teoh had not died from suicide, as alluded by certain officials and BN-friendly media organisations.

“Even though the BN government wishes to control the media and information (flow) in this country, they cannot control the free minds of the people,” he added.

Words don't kill, killers do

Meanwhile, four Selangor DAP parliamentarians ticked the police off for their “misguided priority”.

They urged the police to "tackle crime with the same vigour they are putting in to intimidate and persecute Pakatan leaders".

“Guan Eng’s statement cannot be deemed as unsubstantiated remarks as he was only echoing the conclusion of the acclaimed Thai forensic pathologist Dr Porntip Rojanasunand, who attended the second post-mortem on Teoh Beng Hock last month as an observer, that there was an 80 percent possibility of homicide in Beng Hock’s death,” they said in a statement released today.

“We want to remind Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar that Guan Eng was only repeating what millions of people in the country and the world are saying.”

The statement was signed by Tony Pua (PJ Utara MP), Gobind Singh Deo (Puchong), Charles Santiago (Klang) and Teo Nie Ching (Serdang).

“PDRM should be putting more resources into tackling real rather than imaginary criminals. Words don't kill, killers do. Khalid Abu Bakar need to be reminded that PDRM should take care of the interest of rakyat, not the interest of MACC and/or BN.”