PARLIAMENT | Police are still awaiting orders to reopen the probe into the death of former DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock, according to Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

"The Home Ministry acknowledges the cabinet's decision on June 20, 2018 to reopen the case of Teoh's death.

"The police are still awaiting their orders and investigation scope from the Attorney-General's Chambers to start the probe again, and the police are also ready to form a special task force to handle this case," he said in a written parliamentary reply.

Muhyiddin was responding to Tan Kok Wai (Harapan-Cheras) who had asked about the progress of the case.

It was reported on June 20 that the cabinet had agreed to reopen investigations into Teoh's death.

At the time, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng had said that Putrajaya would consult attorney-general Tommy Thomas on the next course of action.

On July 16, 2009, Teoh was found dead after falling nine floors from the former Selangor MACC 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.