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The family of the late Teoh Beng Hock today rejected the Minister the Prime Miniter’s Department Shahidan Kassim’s offer of a cash donation.

Politely thanking him for the offer after submitting a memorandum in Parliament today, Beng Hock’s sister Teoh Lee Lan instead urged him to channel his sincerity to seek justice for her brother.

"Thank you for your sincerity to make a donation but we hope…," Lee Lan told Shahidan after he made the offer, but the minister who appeared embarrassed just said thank you and shook her parents hands.

Speaking to reporters later, Lee Lan (left) said the family truly appreciates the gesture but believes he could assist them more by passing on the memorandum to the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

"He had expressed his sympathies and promised to pass on our message to the PM.

"He was so sympathetic that he wanted to make a donation but we rejected him.

"We thanked him for his sincere offer but we hope he could use this sincerity by ensuring Beng Hock’s killer can be punished. This means more than any donation," she said.

Earlier, more than 40 people, including MPs from DAP, protested at Parliament gate, urging the PM to walk his talk, and punish those responsible for Teoh’s death in 2009.

They also held pictures of the three Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officials who were allegedly involved in the death of the former political aide, saying they are now "wanted".

They are former Selangor MACC investigations unit head Hishamuddin Hashim, investigation officer Mohd Anuar Ismail and assistant superintendent Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus.

Teoh Beng Hock's parents Teoh Leong Hwee and Teng Shuw Hor were also present.

DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang, Dapsy Chief Teo Kok Seong, Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching, and Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming also participated in the demonstration.

Brief dispute

The group, however, had a brief dispute with another group of protestor, Pertubuhan Minda dan Sosial Prihatin after they entered Parliament to submit their memorandum.

Najib had in 2009 promised that the government would find out what had happened to the 30-year-old, who was found dead on a ledge outside the Selangor MACC office.

A Royal Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances of Teoh’s death established that he had been put through three strenuous rounds of interrogation, and then endured another round of intense questioning by the trio.

The panel postulated that the intense interrogations had pushed Teoh to the brink and that he had eventually committed suicide.