22-05-2025
- Politics
- New Straits Times
Teoh Beng Hock death probe classified as No Further Action, claims NGO
KUALA LUMPUR: A non-governmental organisations claims that the investigation into Teoh Beng Hock's death 16 years ago has been classified as No Further Action (NFA).
The Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement said this at a press conference invitation.
"On May 20, the police, through its Criminal Investigation Department (CID), wrote a letter to the solicitor of Teoh Beng Hock's family, Ramkarpal Singh, on the findings of its new investigation regarding the death of Beng Hock that began in February 2025.
"Police classified the case as NFA," it said in its invitation letter sighted by "Berita Harian" today.
The invitation said that Teoh's family will also attend the press conference.
The "New Straits Times" has contacted Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain to confirm the matter.
Previously, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that the government had agreed to reopen the investigation into Teoh's death after meeting the deceased's family.
Teoh was found dead on July 16, 2009, at the Plaza Masalam building after giving a statement to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office on the 14th floor of the same building.
He was the political secretary to then Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah, who was the Selangor executive councillor for local government, legalising of illegal factories, and new village development.
On Jan 5, 2011, the Shah Alam Coroner's Court ruled that Teoh's death in 2009 was not due to suicide or murder, and found that there was no third party in his death case.
On July 21, 2011, the Royal Commission of Inquiry formed to investigate Teoh's death ruled that his death was due to suicide.
On Sept 5, 2014, the Court of Appeal overturned the ruling on Teoh's death, ruling that his death was the result of unlawful acts by one or more unknown persons.
On Feb 4, CID director Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said that his department would use three dimension (3D) scanning technology to "reconstruct the crime scene" to reinvestigate the death.
The equipment was used to retrieve an image of the scene of the incident.
