The confirmation by Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin that the police are still awaiting orders to reopen investigations into the Teoh Beng Hock case in Parliament on 22 October, 2018 must be further addressed as there seems to be confusion as to whether such orders have been given.
I had, in a previous statement, criticised the said lack of investigations and mooted the possibility of a further Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) in light of the findings of the Court of Appeal that there was evidence of foul play in Teoh’s death and the possibility that the MACC officers involved in his investigations may have been implicated in his death.
It must also be stressed that I had, in my capacity as Teoh’s family’s solicitor, written to the Attorney General on 6 July, 2018 appealing for further investigations to be carried out which the AG responded to as follows by way of letter to the Inspector General of Police on 17 July, 2018:
“Berdasarkan kepada surat di atas, hasil daripada dapatan Mahkamah Rayuan yang menyatakan terdapat asas penglibatan orang-orang lain yang tidak dikenali termasuk Pegawai SPRM dalam siasatan terhadap simati (sila rujuk muka surat 2 surat rujukan KL/CR/8685/18 dilampirkan), Jabatan ini berpandangan satu siasatan lanjut hendaklah dijalankan.
Sehubungan dengan itu pihak YBhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Sri diminta untuk mengambil tindakan sewajarnya serta memaklumkan kepada Jabatan ini akan hasil siaisatan lanjut tersebut.”
My said letter to the AG and the AG’s said letter to the IGP are attached herewith for your reference.
From the above, it is clear that both the Court of Appeal and the AG share a common view that the said MACC officers may have been involved in Teoh’s death and that further investigations, therefore, should be carried out.
As such, I am puzzled by Muhyiddin’s statement that the police are awaiting further orders to reopen the case.
If the police have not already done so, I call upon Muhyiddin, as the Home Minister, to direct them to do so forthwith.