Joint statement by Gobind Singh Deo, DAP National Chairman and Loke Siew Fook, DAP Secretary General on behalf of the DAP’s Central Executive Committee on 8 June 2025.
๐๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข ๐๐จ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ค๐ข ๐๐จ๐ค๐ก๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ค.
On the 21st of May, the Attorney General classified Teoh Beng Hocks case as NFA after investigation papers in the case were sent to him by the police.
On the 30th of May, the Attorney General wrote to the lawyers for the family explaining that decision.
The letter seems to suggest that investigations conducted found insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution.
The DAP has been consistent in its call for action to be taken against those responsible for the death of Teoh Beng Hock from the time news first broke of his death in 2009.
The party put together a legal team and called for an inquest to ascertain the cause of his death. At the inquest, we established that there were bruise marks on the neck of Teoh Beng Hock.
On Jan 5, 2011, the Coroner returned an open verdict. Unhappy with this decision the High Court in Shah Alam was moved for an order to set it aside. The High Court dismissed our application and affirmed the findings of the Coroner.
An appeal was filed in the Court of Appeal. We succeeded. The decision of the Coroner and the High Court were set aside.
The Court of Appeal after considering the evidence before it found that Teoh Beng Hockโs death was caused by โan unlawful act or acts of persons unknown, inclusive of MACC officers who were involved in the arrest and investigation of the deceased.โ
We also assisted the family in a civil suit on behalf of the family in which we succeeded in getting the government and the MACC to admit liability for negligence leading to the death of Teoh Beng Hock. An award of RM600,000 was made to the family with costs of RM60,000.
Both the cases โ the findings of the Court of Appeal and the civil court โ provided basis for the police to conduct further investigations into the search for the perpetrators behind the death of Teoh Beng Hock.
Whilst the duty to investigate the case and to identify those responsible in this case is with the police, it is for the Attorney General to decide his next step based on that investigation.
The Attorney General and no one else has the discretion to prosecute under the Constitution. He must explain why he is unable to do so in this case particularly in light of the decisions of the Court of Appeal and civil proceedings in the High Court.
We have been informed that action is being considered to challenge the decision of the NFA in court by way of judicial review by the family of Teoh Beng Hock.
We support this action and also call upon the Attorney General to review his decision and push ahead with charges against those responsible for Teoh Beng Hock’s death without further delay.
