‘Housewarming’ Round 2 for Teoh

By Debra Chong

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — The family of Teoh Beng Hock will hold a special ceremony tomorrow at 9am to restore his tombstone over his grave.

The dead political aide, who is interred at the Nirvana Memorial Garden in Semenyih, was exhumed for a second autopsy and reburied a month ago.

Teoh's younger sister Lee Lan told The Malaysian Insider today that the ceremony was delayed to tomorrow on the advice of a fengshui expert.

“I don't know. You better ask the master,” 29-year-old Lee Lan said hesitantly when quizzed on the reason behind the delay.

The traditional ceremony is known in Chinese as “yuan fen” and is similar to the English custom to “warm” a new house, but for the dead.


Five types of beans were strewn over his grave and a yam plant planted to signify future prosperity for his offspring when the family held the ceremony to commemorate the 100th day of his passing on Nov 10.

Teoh, 30, was to have married his pregnant sweetheart on July 16, but was found dead the same day, outside the national anti-corruption commission's Selangor office in Shah Alam.

Foul play was suspected.

Famed Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand, who was consulted by Teoh's employer, the Selamgor state government, opined that his death was likely the result of homicide.

An inquest commenced the same month. It will resume tomorrow at the coroner's court in Shah Alam.

The second autopsy report by Hospital Sungai Buloh's chief pathologist Dr Shahidan Md Noor is expected to be produced.

“We will go after the ceremony,” Lee Lan said, when asked if the family would attend the inquest.

But checks with lawyers acting for the family and the state failed to turn up anything.

“Not yet received any reports,” Sreekant Pillai, one of the lawyers for the state said in a text message to The Malaysian Insider.

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“明福事件小事一桩”‧阿末赛益：不致於令我提早退休

（吉隆坡）反贪委员会主席拿督斯里阿末赛益否认赵明福离奇坠楼身亡事件是促使他提早退休的因素。

“赵明福事件並非甚么大事，只是小事一桩，我们之前处理过更大宗的案件。”

赵明福是於今年7月15日下午5时被反贪委会从雪州政府大厦带走，针对雪州民联州议员拨款事件被扣留问话。隔日清洁工人於下午1时30分发现赵明福臥尸於衔接雪州反贪委会总部大厦5楼的露台上。当时，反贪委会声称，赵明福已在凌晨3时45分结束录取口供，但却要求在办公室內小睡，警方在下午5时证实坠楼者为赵明福。

阿末赛益受访时，否认他是受到威胁下而提早退休。

“我不怕威胁。过去我遭到种种威胁，但这一切並没有阻挡我们执行任务。”

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