In conjunction with the sixth anniversary of the death of Teoh Beng Hock, plans are moving to hang 'Justice for Beng Hock'  banners at each and every office of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in the country.

The banners, to be put up by the Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy (TBHTD) are aimed at pressuring the government to speed up its efforts to bring those responsible for the death of the DAP political aide to justice.

The plan by the activists took off on Sunday, with the hanging of one such banner outside the building that houses the Perlis MACC office in Kangar.

"We will go to each of the MACC branches throughout the country to hang these banners to protest against the government's inaction," TBHTD executive secretary Ng Yap Hwa told Malaysiakini when contacted.

The banners, with the wordings 'Justice for Beng Hock' and bearing a picture of Beng Hock, were specially made to mark the sixth anniversary of his death.

According to the TBHTD Facebook page, the first banner put up was a gift from them to the Perlis MACC.

The Facebook post says: '(MACC Chief Commissioner) Abu Kassim and (MACC Sabah director) Hishamuddin Hashim maybe can celebrate Aidilfitri with their children, but they deprive the hopes of the Teoh family to celebrate the New Year with their son.'

Ng said it was hoped that their actions would spur the home minister to hasten police investigations and charge those responsible for Teoh's death with murder.

"We also hope the MACC officer who was involved in Teoh's death will surrender.

"Until these things take place, more Beng Hock banners will appear at MACC branch offices in all states," Ng declared.

Postcard campaign under way

He also said the 'Justice for Beng Hock' postcard campaign is currently under way in Kangar, as part of the TBHTD programme.

Earlier this month, TBHTD announced the sale of sets of 10 postcards that members of the public could buy at RM10, which they could mail to the authorities to step up the pressure to bring those behind Beng Hock’s death to justice.

Beng Hock, the 30-year-old aide to Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was brought in as a witness by the MACC on July 15, 2009.

He was found dead the following day, after falling from the 14th floor of the Selangor MACC headquarters in Shah Alam.

On Sept 5 last year, a three-member Court of Appeal panel reversed the High Court's open verdict decision into Beng Hock’s death and ruled the death was "accelerated by unlawful acts by MACC officers". It ordered police to reopen their investigations into the death.

An earlier Royal Commission of Inquiry finding singled out former deputy director of MACC Selangor Hishamuddin Hashim, investigation officer Arman Alies and assistant investigating officer Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus, for their actions that led to Beng Hock’s death.

The family members have also sued the MACC and 10 of its officers, as well as the government, for negligence and assault, and his subsequent death when he was in their custody.

In May this year, the family was paid RM600,000 by Putrajaya and MACC in damages and RM60,000 in costs, after admitting negligence on their part, which had resulted in Beng Hock’s death.