Cops to reopen Teoh Beng Hock probe, Anwar pledges

The police will reopen investigations into the death of former political aide Teoh Beng Hock, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

“I guarantee the investigation this time will be conducted fairly and transparently without interference from any party.

“In particular, it will consider the Court of Appeal’s views on this case on Sept 5, 2014,” he said in a statement today following a long-awaited meeting between him and Teoh’s family.

The meeting took place at the prime minister’s office in Putrajaya this afternoon.

According to Anwar’s Facebook post, those present at the meeting were Beng Hock’s father Leong Hwee, mother Teng Shuw Hoi, sister Lee Lan, and son Er Jia.

The family has been lobbying for a murder investigation under Section 302 of the Penal Code instead of “wrongful confinement” under Section 342.

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The Court of Appeal found in 2014 that Beng Hock’s death in 2009 was caused by one or several unknown persons including MACC officers.

Speaking to reporters outside the prime minister’s office, the family’s lawyer Ramkarpal Singh said Anwar will be meeting Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain on the matter soon.

“He said he will raise the issue with the police, the IGP, soon, and any follow-up measures will be communicated to me as the family’s lawyer,” he said.

Ramkarpal had accompanied the family to the prime minister’s office.

They arrived at about 3pm and left about an hour later at around 4pm.

Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement chairperson Ng Yap Hwa also accompanied the family but waited outside.

Beng Hock died at the age of 30 on July 16, 2009. He was a political aide to then Seri Kembangan DAP assemblyperson Ean Yong Hian Wah.

He was found dead on the fifth-floor service corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam after being questioned overnight on the 14th floor of the then-Selangor MACC headquarters.

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