KUALA LUMPUR: Calling in Teoh Beng Hock’s family for additional statements in the reopened probe of his 2009 death is a possibility, says Bukit Aman.
CID director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain, when asked about the investigation, said police would look into any new information that could aid the case.
“When we say reopen, that means we will start everything (afresh) and any new information will be evaluated.
“The possibility of calling them (the family) back is very likely,” he told a press conference at Bukit Aman on Friday (Aug 2).
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In a Facebook post on Thursday (Aug 1) Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the probe of Teoh’s death would be reopened.
“I have stated the government’s stance that we agreed for the police to reopen investigations into Beng Hock’s death.
“I guarantee that investigations will be carried out transparently and fairly without any external interference, especially after taking into account the views of the Court of Appeal regarding the case on Sept 5, 2014,” he said in the post.
On July 16, 2009, Teoh was detained overnight for questioning on the 14th floor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office in Shah Alam.
He was later found dead on the fifth-floor landing of the building.
In July 2011, a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) found that Teoh’s death was due to suicide.
In September 2014, the Court of Appeal ruled that Teoh’s death was caused by multiple injuries from a fall from the building which was accelerated by “an unlawful act or acts of person or persons unknown” possibly including MACC officers who were involved in the case.
In May 2015, the government agreed to pay the family RM600,000 as a settlement for a civil suit initiated in 2012 for negligence resulting in Teoh’s death.
In January 2022, Teoh’s parents filed for a judicial review to compel the police to complete investigations into his death.
Last month, the High Court set Oct 29 to deliver its ruling on a judicial review brought by the family against the police.
