Monday, February 22, 2010

苏淑慧诞男婴‧父名可填赵明福

(布城‧独家报导:赖佩凤)

赵明福的妻子苏淑慧今日(週一,2月22日)早上在峇株巴辖班台医院诞下2.9公斤的男婴,母子平安健康,国民登记局也捎来好消息――赵明福的遗腹子在报生时可以在父亲名字一栏上名正言顺地填上“赵明福”的名字。

国民登记局总监拿督奥威接受《星洲日报》访问时表示,他对赵明福妻子苏淑慧顺利生產,母子平安感到欣慰,並希望这项决定对赵家是一项喜讯。

他说,苏淑慧在生產后可以到国民登记局总部或任何分局为儿子报生,最重要的是她觉得方便就好。

“她要在峇株巴辖国民登记局分局或到布城总部进行报生登记都可以,我会亲自指示峇株巴辖分局的官员协助她登记,这不是问题,请她不用担心。”

他表示希望各方不要再爭议和渲染赵明福孩子的报生纸上是否可填写赵明福名字的课题;当局是以个案方式来处理此事。

赵丽兰:不想让明福孩子曝光

赵明福的妹妹赵丽兰在新闻发佈会上则表示,家人希望明福孩子能平凡健康的成长,所以不想让孩子的模样在媒体上曝光。

赵丽兰表示,淑慧诞下男婴后母子平安,而且也非常感谢大家的关心。

“淑慧目前在亚依淡马华小学执教,所以她会留在巴力拉惹的娘家坐月,等到假期时才会带孩子到马六甲小住。明福的孩子也会在马六甲庆祝满月。”

赵丽兰週一(2月22日)与哥哥铭基及父母亲一同来到峇株巴辖班台医院探望淑慧,过几天姊姊丽君也会到来探望。

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Teoh’s ‘wife’ delivers baby boy


KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — Soh Cher Wei (picture), the 28-year-old teacher who was engaged to be married to Teoh Beng Hock, gave birth to a baby boy by Caesarian section, a source close to the family told The Malaysian Insider.

She was earlier taken to the Hospital Batu Pahat at 9am.

“He looks like his mum, got fair skin,” Teoh Lee Lan, younger sister to the late Selangor political aide, told The Malaysian Insider this afternoon.

She declined to disclose the time of birth for privacy and only said he was born in the morning and weighs about 3kg. She added that Soh is not able to leave the hospital just yet.


Lee Lan, 29, said the family had not had a chance to cuddle the newly-born baby who has yet to receive his name.

“We are happy as both of them are healthy and normal...We hope his birth can bring good news got his father’s case, justice for Beng Hock.

“We hope he can bring happiness and hope to his mum and both families,” Lee Lan spoke on behalf of the Sohs and Teohs.

“We hope he can grow up safely and have a normal life,” she said and blessed him with peace and health.

Soh was inducted into the Teoh family according to traditional Chinese rites last October, and was two months pregnant when her fiancé was found dead.

The couple was scheduled to register their marriage last July 17, which was dashed following Teoh’s untimely death.

The 30-year-old political secretary to Selangor executive councillor, Ean Yong Hian Wah, had been questioned overnight by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating claims his boss had misused state funds.

His body was found sprawled on a 5th-floor corridor outside the MACC office in Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam the next day. The mysterious circumstances surrounding his death are still being investigated by the coroner’s court.

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Friday, February 19, 2010

Pathologist says no evidence Beng Hock was strangled

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — A government pathologist who performed the second post-mortem on Teoh Beng Hock last November, told the inquest into his death today that the DAP aide died from a fall, and also disputed Dr Porntip Rojanasunan’s conclusion that he had been strangled or had his anus penetrated before he fell.

Sungai Buloh Hospital Pathology Unit head Dr Shahidan Md Noor, also said that he agreed with the findings of the first post-mortem which was carried out by Dr Khairul Azman Hj Ibrahim and Dr Prashant Naresh Samberkar.

“I think that Dr Khairul and Dr Prashant had executed their tasks very well. It is difficult to find a report as good as that. I agree with their opinions,” said Dr Shahidan.

The post-mortem examination report submitted by Hospital Sungai Buloh attributed the cause of death to “multiple injuries due to a fall from height.”

Dr Shahidan informed the coroner’s court that although there was evidence of bruises and contusion on the neck of the deceased, there were no signs of asphyxia or fracture of the thyroid cartilage.

The doctor’s opinion was that the bruises on Teoh’s neck was not a result of manual strangulation.


He disputed the testimony of Dr Porntip, who was brought in last year by the Selangor state government to offer her expertise.

“I disagree with Dr Porntip. When strangulation takes place, the pressure from the hands on the neck would be different, and would be more consistent on the area of the neck,” when questioned by lead counsel for the Attorney-General chambers Tan Hock Chuan on why he disagreed with the Thai pathologist.

The pathologist from Hospital Sungai Buloh also disputed the foreign pathologist’s take on the injuries on Teoh’s anus and thigh area, maintaining that the injuries were a direct result from the fall.

Dr Porntip had testified on Oct 21 last year that the injuries on Teoh’s anus had been caused by an insertion of a foreign object, and that the injury was not consistent with the fall from height.

Similarly, she also suggested that the abrasions on Teoh’s thigh was likely caused by beating using a piece of wood.

“I think that the anal injury was a part of the fall, as the patterns of injury suggest so. If it had happened prior to the fall, the injuries sustained by Teoh Beng Hock would have been different,” said Dr Shahidan.

He stressed that if Teoh had been assaulted the way Dr Porntip had suggested, the anal injuries would have been more severe.

“The abrasions on the thigh does not suggest a beating but it suggests a process that can only be a result of an injury caused by a fall,” he added.

Excerpts of the conclusion of the post-mortem examination report by Dr Shahidan read out as follows:

“The second examination performed showed that the deceased sustained multiple injuries consistent with that of a fall from a certain height. There were also injuries on the neck which most likely were formed or produced by the impact of the fall. The pattern and severity of them were in keeping with the incident of event.”

Lead counsel for the deceased’s family, Gobind Singh Deo then requested for more time to view the notes taken today with regards to Dr Shahidan’s opinion on Dr Porntip’s testimony.

Magistrate Azmil Muntapha Abbas then fixed March 1 for Gobind’s cross-examination of Dr Shahidan.

Besides that, an additional date of March 10 was also fixed should the cross-examination take up more than a day. After the cross-examination is completed, Kajang councillor Tan Boon Hua will be called to testify.


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