Teoh Beng Hock's sister urges Anwar to deliver justice
Teoh Beng Hock's sister, Teoh Lee Lan, during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.
KUALA LUMPUR : Teoh Beng Hock's sister has urged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to fulfil his promise to deliver justice in the case of the political aide's death in 2009.
At a press conference here today, Teoh Lee Lan said she was deeply disappointed that the police's latest probe into her brother's death has once again been classified as requiring no further action (NFA).
'On August 1, 2024, Anwar asked us to trust the 'new police force' and the 'new system' under his leadership. But what has this system given us? Only more disappointment,' she said during a press conference today with the family's lawyer, Ramkarpal Singh.
Last November, the High Court instructed the police to complete their long-delayed investigation into Teoh's death.
He was found dead on July 16, 2009 after falling from the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam after being questioned for several hours by officers from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
An inquest into his death initially returned an open verdict. However, in 2014, the Court of Appeal ruled that Teoh's death was caused by 'one or more unknown persons,' including MACC officers.
In June 2018, during Pakatan Harapan's first term in government, the Cabinet agreed to reopen investigations into Beng Hock's death.
Anwar also pledged that the case would be resolved within one to two years.
Before the case was reopened in 2018, two special investigation teams had been formed — one in 2011 and another in 2015 — but both were classified as NFA.
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