Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy members have filed a complaint with the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) against the police for their investigations into the death of late DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock.

This is after the Attorney-General's (AG) Chambers found no criminal element in Teoh's death in July 2009 after examining the report of the police’s special task force.

Among the points raised, TBH Trust members named CID director Mohmad Salleh and deputy CID director Amar Singh for failure to investigate the case freely, fairly and justly.

The group added that despite the Court of Appeal finding that MACC officers were involved in the death of Beng Hock, the police still probed the case under 'suicide' in their subsequent investigations.

And instead of going after MACC officers, the police only investigated Beng Hock's family members, which the group said was unjust and unfair.

They urged the EAIC to probe the police over this in light of July 16 being the seventh anniversary of Beng Hock's demise.

The trust members and DAP parliamentarians met EAIC CEO Ahmad Razif Mohd Sidek and operations head Muhd Bukhari Abd Hamid for over an hour at EAIC's office, Putrajaya.

Present were Beng Hock's sister Teoh Lee Lan, trust board member Wong Siew Yun and executive secretary Ng Yap Hwa, along with DAP Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching, Kampung Tunku assemblyperson Lau Weng San.

Special task force demanded

The group made four demands to the EAIC:

1. Set up a special task force to investigation Mohmad Salleh and Amar Singh in regard to their failure to maintain free, fair and just investigations on the Teoh Beng Hock case.

2. Make public all relevant police reports from Sept 6, 2014 to May 19, 2016 and relevant information pertaining to the case, and all investigative measures that had been taken thus far.

3. Take disciplinary action against police who had abused their powers and affected the integrity of the enforcement team.

4. Reform laws and the police force, and provide human rights training to all enforcement officers

The group hoped the EAIC would show the same vigour in Beng Hock's case as they had that of Syed Azman and N Dharmendran.

Decision may come after Ramadan

Earlier, EAIC, while presenting its report on the outcome of the public hearing into the death of Dharmendran, urged the AG's Chambers to consider filing criminal charges against police personnel who were found to have fabricated false information in the lockup diary involving the death-in-custody victim.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Teo said EAIC officers would usually have their documents prepared after a complaint was lodged, and would let the commission decide whether to pursue the case.

However, due to time constraints and the upcoming Ramadan month, the commission may wait until mid-July to make their decision on the complaint, she said.

"Enforcement (officers) are supposed to obey the laws as they carry out their duties, rather than overruling the law. This is unacceptable,"  Lee Lan added.

The Court of Appeal in 2014 unanimously overturned the coroner's open verdict into Beng Hock's death following a lengthy inquest.

“The death of Beng Hock was caused by multiple injuries from a fall from the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam as a result of, or which, was accelerated by an unlawful act or acts of persons unknown, inclusive of the MACC officers who were involved in the arrest and investigations of the deceased,” the court said.

Beng Hock was found dead in July 2009 at the Selangor MACC headquarters where he had been held overnight for interrogation.

An earlier royal commission of inquiry had deduced that the interrogation tactics of the MACC officers involved had driven Teoh to commit suicide.

Following this, MACC suspended three officers pending investigations. Eventually, the investigators cleared the three.