Bukit Aman to re-open Beng Hock's case

The police will re-open Teoh Beng Hock case following the appellate court’s landmark decision in setting aside the coroner’s open verdict in the original inquest.

In a report by The Star, Federal CID director Comm Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh said Bukit Aman would re-investigate the case.

The initial findings ruled Teoh’s death as sudden death.

“If there is a need then we will call more witness.

“We want to investigate the possibility that his death was a result of, or was accelerated by, persons unknown,” he was quoted saying in the report.

Bukit Aman, he added, has formed a special investigation team led by Deputy Federal CID director Deputy Comm Datuk Amar Singh.

“We will conduct an in-depth study and see whether we need to reclassify the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder. For now it is still premature to make any assumption.”

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said it will leave the case to the police to conduct investigations into Teoh's death and the Attorney-General to decide whether anyone should be prosecuted.

“The MACC today pledged to give full cooperation and ensure justice is done,” it said in a statement.

On Friday, the Court of Appeal overturned the open verdict on the 2009 death of Teoh, then a DAP political aide to Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah.

The court also ruled that his death was resulted from an unlawful act by a person or persons unknown.

The three-man panel, headed by Justice Datuk Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof, was unanimous in its decision and called for a further probe into the death by not excluding MACC officers who were involved in Teoh’s arrest and investigation.

Teoh was found sprawled on the fifth floor landing of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam, where the MACC headquarters was formerly located, on the morning of July 16, 2009.