Two days after the Court of Appeal overturned a coroner's court finding that Teoh Beng Hock had committed suicide and ordered a re-investigation, Utusan Malaysia said the political aide's graft case should likewise be probed again.

 

The Court of Appeal had ruled that Teoh's passing was a case of custodial death at the hands of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) and suggested the graft buster's officers be charged with criminal negligence.

 

"In the same vein, Awang hopes the police and MACC will also focus on the real issue, which was the allegation that a few Selangor exco members had misused public funds to which Beng Hock was a witness," it said in an editorial column in its Sunday edition, Mingguan Malaysia .

 

Awang Selamat is a pseudonym used by the Umno-owned broadsheet to express its editorial stance.

 

It added the MACC should also investigate into allegations that certain exco members had links to the underworld.

 

"Go all out to investigate so that the root issue in Beng Hock's investigation will be not covered up by anyone.

 

"Awang hopes the police and MACC will not fail this time," it said.

 

Teoh, a political aide to then Selangor exco Ean Yong Hian Wah ( left ) in 2009, was called in by the MACC for questioning as a witness over alleged misused of public funds by his boss.

 

The MACC was looking into an alleged payment of RM2,400 by Ean Yong's office for flags meant for Merdeka Day that were supposedly never delivered.

 

Teoh who was questioned on the 14th floor overnight at the MACC headquarters was found on the rooftop of the fifth floor after plunging to his death.

 

The MACC eventually cleared Ean Yong of any wrongdoing after failing to find any evidence of abuse of public funds.