This July 16 marked the 5th anniversary of Teoh Beng Hock’s mysterious death at the MACC Shah Alam office. And yet, there seems no closure for his family.
Instead of getting closer to justice, it is now confirmed that the MACC trio who were implicated by the RCI in causing the death of Selangor political aide Teoh Beng Hock have been cleared by both the Attorney-General’s Chambers and MACC special investigation team.
The RCI report clearly pointed out that Arman Alies (the investigation officer known as “the bully”), Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus (the assistant investigating officer known as “the abuser”) and Hishammuddin Hashim (“the arrogant leader” who is also former deputy director of MACC Selangor) were guilty of excessive use of violence on Beng Hock, therefore the police have more than enough reason to commence investigations against the trio for possible offences under Sections 304 and 304A of the Penal Code, namely for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and for causing the death of Teoh Beng Hock by negligence, respectively.
Apart from that, there were 10 MACC officers who gave false testimonies during the RCI proceedings. They should be investigated under Sections 191 and 192 of the Penal Code for giving false evidence and fabricating evidence to protect certain parties from being held responsible for Beng Hock’s death.
Yet, all of them just walk free.
Organised by DAP Malaysia, this forum is aimed at establishing a discussion between civil society, non-governmental organisations and members of the public, to examine the development of human rights and political justice in our country since the death of Teoh Beng Hock.
The details of the forum are as follows:
Date: July 19, 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 8pm
Venue: Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
Speakers:
- YB Lim Kit Siang, Gelang Patah MP
- Gobind Singh Deo, Puchong MP
- Teoh Lee Lan, sister of Teoh Beng Hock
- Maria Chin Abdullah, Chairperson of Bersih 2.0
- Syahredzan Johan, Chairperson of National Young Lawyers Committee
We urge all Malaysians who are concerned about the human rights and political justice development to attend this forum. Admission is free.