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Cheaper, closer, long overdue: PSM moots RM1m reward for Beng Hock's case

Cheaper, closer, long overdue: PSM moots RM1m reward for Beng Hock's case

Malaysiakini6 days ago
Rather than dangling RM10 million to hunt down a transnational fugitive, the government could begin closer to home and at just a tenth of the cost, suggested PSM deputy chairperson S Arutchelvan.
He mooted offering a RM1 million bounty for information regarding those responsible for the death of former DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock, whose family has been denied closure for 16 years.
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