The cabinet has agreed to re-open investigations into the death of former DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock, says Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

"I suggested (this) in the cabinet. The prime minister and other cabinet members agreed that there is an obvious need to determine the cause of death.

"What we want to determine is of course to find the truth. We want to see justice done for the late Beng Hock," Lim said in a press conference held at the DAP headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

The government will consult with attorney-general Tommy Thomas on the next course of action, he added.

Lim said this when asked whether the government will reopen the case via police probe, another inquest or a Royal Commission of Inquiry.

On July 16, 2009, Teoh was found dead after falling nine floors from MACC's former Selangor headquarters in Shah Alam, where he had been held overnight for questioning.

The deceased was the political aide to Seri Kembangan assemblyperson Ean Yong Hian Wah.

In 2014, the Court of Appeal overturned the coroner's open verdict with regard to Teoh's death, ruling instead that the latter died from a fall that could have been accelerated by unlawful actions of persons unknown, including by MACC officers.

Following the verdict, MACC agreed to pay RM600,000 to Teoh's family to settle a negligence suit they brought against the commission.

The court also ordered the police to investigate the death.

However, the Attorney-General's Chambers found no criminal elements in his death.

Pakatan Harapan had pledged to investigate Teoh's case by setting up an RCI in their first 100 days in office.

Also present at the press conference were DAP ministers Gobind Singh Deo and Anthony Loke, Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang, Kulai MP Teo Nie Chieng and Beng Hock's sister Lee Lan. 

"I am of the view that there is the need for us to reopen Beng Hock's case because we do not have the confidence in the findings of the taskforce set up by police," Gobind, who had represented the family. 

The taskforce was set up in 2015 to probe Beng Hock's death after a previous RCI found that Beng Hock had been driven to commit suicide due to interrogation by three MACC officers in a manner that was “aggressive, relentless, oppressive and unscrupulous”.

Gobind also noted that the investigation paper should be sent back to police to probe the RCI's finding and the ruling of the Court of Appeal. 

The relevant MACC officers should also be suspended when the probe is being carried out, he said. 

However, he stressed that this is decision that the attorney-general should make.