Dap Sec Gen To Issue Statement On Teoh Beng Hock Case

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DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke will issue a statement on the Teoh Beng Hock case following an outcry over the latest investigation of the former political aide’s death, which again ended with “No Further Action” (NFA).
"We will issue a statement," he said briefly at a press conference after a forum in Petaling Jaya last night, however, the transport minister did not indicate when the statement would be released.
He declined to comment further on the matter as he wished to focus questions on the event, which revolved around matters of public transportation.
On May 29, Loke had also deflected questions on whether his party's ministers would resign over the case outcome after the Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement called for DAP’s five ministers to resign in protest, as the party had failed to fulfil promises to seek justice for Beng Hock.
ADSThe five included Loke, Gobind Singh Deo, Nga Kor Ming, Sim Chee Keong, and Hannah Yeoh.
DAP sec-gen Anthony LokeYesterday, activists and Beng Hock's family demanded continued efforts following the NFA result.
His sister Lee Lan lamented the apparent silence from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and other ministers who, when in the opposition, had supported their cause.
On May 22, lawyer Ramkarpal Singh, who is also a DAP MP and Gobind’s brother, questioned the Attorney-General’s Chambers’ decision, highlighting that it had failed to inform Beng Hock’s family directly, with the matter instead being relayed by the police.
The police’s Criminal Investigation Department had written to Ramkarpal on May 20 to inform him of the AGC’s decision, which they said was determined on May 19.
Death at MACC HQ
In 2009, Beng Hock, an aide to then Seri Kembangan assemblyperson Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead after overnight questioning at Selangor MACC, headquartered at Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam back then.
A 2011 Royal Commission of Inquiry ruled he was driven to suicide due to aggressive interrogation, but a Court of Appeal decision in 2014 ruled his death was caused or accelerated by unlawful acts, including those of MACC officers.
On Nov 21 last year, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered the police to complete the investigation into Beng Hock’s death within six months after appeals court judge Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh allowed his parents’ judicial review application.
During Pakatan Harapan’s first stint in Putrajaya under then-prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s leadership, the cabinet had agreed to reopen investigations into Beng Hock’s death.
Before the case was reopened, two special investigation teams were formed in 2011 and again in 2015. However, both probes were similarly classified as NFA. - Mkini

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