The family of the late Teoh Beng Hock, accompanied by their lawyer, Gobind Singh Deo, today met the three psychiatric experts appointed by the Bar Council and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for an interview to determine the state of mind of the political aide prior to his death.
The interview with the psychiatrists concerned - psychiatric forensic consultant at Hospital Permai, Johor, Dr Bada’iah Yahya, psychiatric consultant at the Health Ministry, Dr Nor Hayati Ali, and Dr Paul Mullen, from Melbourne - was held behind closed-door in a room at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex, Jalan Duta.
Teoh’s family members who attended the interview comprised his parents, father, Teoh Leong Hwee and mother, Teng Shuw Hor, his brother, Meng Kee, and younger sister, Lee Lan.
Teoh, 30, who was the political aide of Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on the fifth floor corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam on July 16, 2009, after being questioned overnight at the Selangor MACC office on the 14th floor.
Prior to this, chairman of the royal commission of inquiry into Teoh’s death, Federal Court judge James Foong Cheng Yuen, had granted permission for the interview to be held to determine Teoh's state of mind prior to his death.
The members of the commission comprise former Federal Court judge Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, former Court of Appeal judge TS Nathan, Penang Hospital’s forensic pathologist Dr Bhupinder Singh and the Dean of Cyberjaya Medical Science College University, Professor Dr Mohamed Hatta Shaharom.
Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak ordered the setting-up of the commission on Jan 25 this year to investigate into Teoh’s death after the Coroner’s Court returned an open verdict on the case.
- Bernama
