Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) senior assistant superintendent Raymond Nion's pony tail raised questions during the royal commission of inquiry into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock.

NONE Raymond ( left ) is said to be the last person who saw Teoh alive at 6am on July 16, 2009.

Commissioner Dr Mohd Hatta Shahrom, a psychiatrist by profession, asked Raymond how long he had been keeping his long, streaky hair, to which the MACC officer replied: "For one-and-a-half-years."

Mohd Hatta:

Do you always keep your hair tied?

Raymond:

No, not always. Sometimes I will let it free. But when...

Mohd Hatta: When do you tie your hair?

Raymond:

Sometimes, when I record statements from witnesses. Or, when I am outside, I will tie my hair to avoid the heat.

Mohd Hatta:

Why do you keep your hair long?

Raymond:

To keep people from knowing or identifying me. Sometimes, when there are operations when they know or identify us, they will be alerted. However, we try to keep our identity in check.

Mohd Hatta:

Did you keep your hair long before working with MACC?

Raymond: Yes, it is normal for us in Sarawak, as it is a culture.

The witness, to a question from Bar Council lawyer Cheow Wee, said he walked out of his office and saw a man lying on a couch in front of investigator Nazri's room.

'From his body features, it looked like Teoh," he said.

NONE Cheow asked whether it could be that he assumed that the person on the couch was Teoh after having discovered, or learning about his death, to which Raymond said it was a possibility he had assumed.

However, the witness said, he was quite certain it was Teoh because the body features looked like him.

Cheow: Is there a possibility that what you saw was Teoh's body, who may have fainted or already dead (on the couch)?

Raymond:

There is a possibility ( betul ).

The officer also admitted that he could have been an important witness to the MACC as he was the (last) one who may have seen Teoh alive.

However, he disagreed with Cheow's suggestion that his testimony that he saw Teoh alive was to corroborate or help the anti-graft body.