Was Teoh Beng Hock forced to commit suicide? And, asks DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang, is it a crime to force a person to commit suicide?

Lim wants the ongoing inquest investigating Teoh’s death to answer this vital question.

teoh beng hock memorial night 160710 kit siang “Putting aside questions on the veracity of the note and whether it is a ‘suicide note’, does the ‘new evidence’ show that Teoh had been placed under great stress and pressures - whether mental and/or physical - by the MACC interrogators, and if so, was this aspect fully pursued by the attorney-general through the public prosecutor in the inquest?” Lim asked in a statement today.

Teoh, a political aide to a Selangor executive councillor, was found dead, purportedly from falling from a 14th floor window of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s office in Shah Alam, in July last year after undergoing an all-night interrogation over alleged misuse of state funds.

Lim wants attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail to be censured for the travesty of justice in exposing details of “new evidence” - reportedly a note found in Teoh’s sling bag two months after he died.

He said that the ‘note’ should have been introduced at the beginning of the inquest as it affects the whole course and direction of the inquest.

“Because of deliberate ‘leaks’ to the media, the country is awash with talk that there is a ‘suicide note’ left by Teoh, which has been countered and challenged by Teoh’s family counsel Gobind Singh Deo,” he lamented.

Be patient, public urged

Meanwhile, the Star reported today that Gani wants the public to wait for the investigation officer (IO) who found the note to explain it to the coroner at the Teoh inquest.    

“It doesn’t matter whether anyone accepts the Attorney-General’s Chambers’ explanation. Just wait for the IO to explain it to the court.

lingam tape panel meeting 031007 abdul gani patail “When the time comes, the what, why, when, where, who and how will be addressed. At the end of the day, the decision (to admit the note as evidence) lies with the coroner,” Gani ( right ) was quoted as saying.

In a startling development at the inquest on Monday, a ‘note’ was said to have been supposedly found inside Teoh's bag which was left at the MACC office. Its existence was never revealed until now.

The A-G's Chambers has strongly denied any suppression of evidence in belatedly producing the note.

It said the police investigating officer explained he did not at first realise the significance of the document because it was partly written in Chinese characters.

Gani said he was initially unconvinced of the authenticity of the note, because of the time it took to emerge and the lack of samples to verify the handwriting.

Let independent third party examine TBH 'note'