DAP wants Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to commit that the report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into Teoh Beng Hock's death will be made public.

dap new members 300108 teo nie ching In a statement today, DAP assistant publicity secretary Teo Nie Ching ( right ) said that the Najib administration must also commit to adopting the RCI's recommendations for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.

"At least RM1 million of taxpayers' money was spent on the RCI. It will be (a) futile (exercise) if the final report and findings of the RCI are not accessible to the public.

"The rakyat has the right to read the final report as their hard-earned money has been spent in establishing the RCI," she said.

Teo, who is also the Serdang MP, notes that similar commissions in the past, such as the RCI on police performance in 2005 and the RCI on the VK Lingam video controversy in 2007, were made public.

"There is no reason why the full report of the RCI into the Teoh's death cannot be made public in the same manner," she said, adding that the process was as simple as putting the 124-page report online.

NONE On July 14, 2009, Teoh ( left ) was found death on the fifth floor landing of Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam several hours after he was last seen at the Selangor MACC headquarters on the 14th floor.

He was being questioned as a witness for MACC's investigations against his boss, who was accused of abusing state allocations for his constituency.

After much public outcry over the suspicious nature of his death, an inquest was conducted and concluded on Nov 4 last year, 18 months after it began.

After mulling over the matter for two months, the coroner ruled an "open verdict" on Jan 4 this year but also ruled out both suicide and homicide.

Following this, the Najib administration announced the formation of the five-member panel RCI which began gathering evidence on Feb 14 and ended proceedings on May 18 after calling 70 witnesses and compiling 19,200 pages of proceedings.

It was revealed in Parliament last week that the Prime Minister's department had requested RM1 million as cost for establishing the RCI.

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