民间全民挺明福运动争取平反·赵家不满隐瞒恫言“跟随”纳吉

王德齐报道

总检察署今早突然揭露被收藏长达一年的“关键文件”，令赵家大感不满，泪盈满眶地质问纳吉政府为何隐瞒证据，让家属至今被蒙在鼓里。

赵明福的妹妹丽兰是向代表律师哥宾星了解今日内庭详情后，声泪俱下向媒体作出控诉。

“今天给我看到我们司法不公正的一天，我想问首相有没有心要给我们家人一个真相，我想问首相是不是存心要隐瞒事实？”

“你要经过多少时间审判，要经过开棺验尸，要经过多少折磨，要经过不公平对待，一年后的今天没有结局，还跟我们说有新的证据，其实一年前已经在手上了，你们能接受吗？”

她也希望，首相能够听到他们的心声，履行一年之前许下彻查真相的承诺。

“如果首相太忙碌，无法记得他向我们许下的承诺，我们会跟随他到任何地方，以提醒他。”

考虑再次要求设立皇家委会

她表示，赵家正考虑再度要求政府设立皇家委员会彻查此事，并希望全国人民都能给予声援。

“我要人民的支持，我们可以站起来关注这个案件吗？这会影响你们的后代，你们的孩子。”

“我们或许会要求皇委会，我需要大家站起来支持我们的决定，如果我需要大家的时候，你们不要跟我泄气，跟我站起来，支持我们，我们要一个真相有这么困难吗？”

一批公民社会人士今午也在法庭外宣布发起“全民挺明福”运动（Malaysian for Beng Hock），以声援明福家属继续追求真相，同时也向政府施加压力。

这批热心人士主要是来自隆雪华堂民权委员会，他们包括庄国雄、廖国华、黄进发、黄业华，以及人权律师哈里斯依布拉欣等人。

“一日不平反，人人是明福”

“全民挺明福”运动协调员庄国雄（右图）表示，他们发起这项运动，主要是响应赵丽兰在一周年祭中号召，马来西亚人站来给予家人更多的支持。

“我们相信，在一个民主社会里，人人心中都有社会公义的火苗。只有不断勇于站出来平反冤假错案，为体制的被压迫者赎回公道，社会良心才得以保全，集体正义才得以伸张。”

“我们呼吁全国社团与公民抱着‘一日不平反，人人是明福’的信念，参与我们的运动，力挺明福，直到真相大白，酷刑永被废除。”

他们接下来将通过网站malaysiansforbenghock.wordpress.com或面子书发出声援活动，同时也会召开扩大会议，以争取更多个人和团体参与这个运动。

针对这批公民社会人士的声援，赵丽兰代表赵家表示感谢，并认为这将鼓舞他们继续坚持为明福追讨真相。

不需泪水怜惜只要真相大白

她较后发表声明也谴责反贪会采取各种方式来拖延验尸庭审讯，以及诬蔑其哥哥和家人的名声。

她强调，其哥哥是第一个死于中央政府机构的州政府官员，同时此案也并非是自杀案，相反是谋杀案。

“虽然我们不知道哥哥连续遭受11小时盘问是否确实，但这肯定是一个精神虐待，我们不敢猜测哥哥是否还面对其他虐待。”

“因为反贪会，我哥哥才会死亡；因为反贪会，其妻子才会失去丈夫；因为反贪会，我父母才会失去孩子；因为反贪会，我和哥哥、姐姐才会失去一个亲人；因为反贪会，我们的家庭才会失去快乐。”

她表示，赵家并不需要任何泪水的怜惜，相反是希望外界能够协助他们追查真相。

她也希望，大马不会再会有人遭警方、反贪会等执法机构虐死，其他警察暴力案的死者包括阿米奴拉昔都会获得伸张正义。

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Teoh's family to 'follow PM' until truth is out

More than a year after his sudden death, the family of DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock is bent on holding Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to his promise that the truth will be revealed.

"If he is too busy to remember his promise to our family, then we will follow him wherever he goes and remind him. My brother cannot die from torture just like that. He cannot," Teoh's sister Lee Lan said in between sobs.

Lee Lan was speaking at the launch of the 'Malaysians for Beng Hock' support group at the Shah Alam court complex today. She was accompanied by her parents who also shed tears while clutching Teoh's portrait.

Najib had last year vowed to the family that the government would not spare any effort in uncovering the truth behind the death of Teoh, 30.

His body was found on July 16, on the fifth floor service corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam.

He had been interrogated overnight as a witness by the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), which has its office on the 14th floor of the building.

'No' to torture

The continuation of the inquest into his death stalled this morning, when it was found that the attorney-general's chambers has been withholding a document from lawyers representing the family and the Selangor government.

"We are disappointed with the MACC's delay tactics during the inquest and the way they have smeared my brother's and our family's good name," said Lee Lan.

She said that what the family is fighting for goes beyond her brother's death, following 11 hours of questioning which she described as "mental torture".

"I do not dare imagine what other sorts of torture he went through. Let us work towards a Malaysia that is free from torture. No one should be tortured and killed, be it in the MACC office, police lock-up, jail or detention camp," she said.

The 'Malaysians for Beng Hock' is an online support group that is lobbying for a torture-free Malaysia.

According to initiator Chong Kok Siong, the group will rally the masses in continuing to pressure the government over Teoh's case.

Royal commission not ruled out

Meanwhile, speaking to reporters after a 45-minute meeting with the family, Ipoh Timor MP Lim Kit Siang said the new development raises doubts about the Attorney General's seriousness in seeking the truth behind the death.

When asked if he is advocating for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to be set up, Lim said, "The option is always there...Whatever reservations we have (about the inquest), we hope the truth will come out."

Lim added that he has not seen the new evidence and as such is in no position to comment on its veracity, nor to confirm if it is indeed Teoh's 'final testament' as speculated.

Teoh's family members also kept mum when asked if they doubted the authenticity of the document, asking reporters to instead pose the question to the attorney general.

Asked if she had seen the document, Lee Lan said: "(Our lawyer) told us whatever we need to know".

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明福坠楼验尸庭‧“明福遗书”？总检署呈“收藏”逾年证据

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）“赵明福验尸案”今日（週一，8月9日）出现新的发展，总检察署突然要求提呈一份被“收藏”了逾一年，以及据说对赵明福死因极为关键的新证据，犹如对本案投下一枚震撼的炸弹。

被蒙在鼓里一年之久的赵家在闻讯后，声泪俱下的提出抗议。

针对这份文件是否与某马来报章较早前所指的“赵明福遗书”有关，赵家代表律师哥宾星等皆三缄其口。

验尸庭原订週一传召承包商李维荣和哈伦出庭，但总检察署却在最后一分钟拋出有关的“新证据”。

赵家代表律师哥宾星在週一早上10时35份甫开庭时，即被要求进入內庭进行紧急商议，却在45分钟后怒气冲冲的收拾文件离开。

总检察署、大马反贪污委员会及雪州政府等3造代表律师，在哥宾星离开半小时后从內庭步出；在面对媒体追问时，各造律师皆不愿正面回答。

哥宾星较后对记者说，他於週一早上开庭前才获通知总检察署献议传召本案查案官阿末纳兹里出庭，以提呈新证据。

哥宾星：可改变案件本质

他透露，新证据在本案扮演著举足轻重的角色，若总检察署在审讯一开始即提呈，便足以改变整起案件的本质。

“首先，我们不知道证据的真偽，我也不会说新证据会对我们造成不利；我只能说，这项证据明显的反应了对验尸庭很关键的实据和情况。”

他强调，新证据对本案非常关键，因为它会影响各造律师在盘问证人或专家，特別是反贪委会官员时的方向和推论。

他说，总检察署承认早在去年10月就掌握这项证据，但他不解该署为何要等至普緹上庭前才选择公开新证据。

週一距离泰国法医普緹来马出庭供证已进入倒数的最后8天。

哥宾星披露，在过去约1年的聆讯期间，总检察署不曾提及有关新证据，却在聆讯接近尾声时，出其不意的给大家一个意外。

指设立皇委会才能厘清

他说：“我们非常认真看待这件事，並认为事情演变至今，唯有成立皇家调查委员会才能彻底厘清整起事件的始末。”
“我们不知道总检察署到底还有多少文件还未公开，这是一件非常严重的事情。”

他也向民眾保证，绝不允许案件“静悄悄”的进行，並表示会在適当的时候公佈一切详情。

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Lawyer marches out of chambers over new evidence

By Aidila Razak

Mystery marked the resumption of the inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock this morning, as lawyers first met coroner Azmil Mustapha Abas in chambers.

The meeting was to sort out matters related to a document.

However, 15 minutes later, lawyer Gobind Singh Deo left the building looking agitated.

It was later learnt that that the Attorney-General's Chambers had informed the coroner that a note found 18
months ago in Teoh's bag that "may throw some light regarding his death".

The contents of the said note, which was found two months after Teoh's death, is not known.

When asked, Gobind initially refused to reveal details of the discussion, except for saying: “This is abuse of the court process... Something happened. I am not impressed. I'm not saying any more .... Give me some time to speak to the family."

He then went across the court compound to talk to members of Teoh's family, who he represents.

Meanwhile, a supporter, holding up a photo of Teoh, yelled "Bunuh!"

He maintained his position, refusing to make way for cars in the court compound. He appeared to be trembling.

Identified previously by the Chinese media as Ho Mun Chong, he is said to have joined DAP after Teoh's death.

Since then, he has attended almost every event connected with Teoh's death, including the inquest.

He comes dressed in a red shirt and wears a band around his forehead.

Ho says very little, but trails Teoh's family-members, raising a clenched fist and holding a photo of Teoh.

'Documents withheld'

At 11.45am, the other lawyers emerged from the coroner's chambers. They too would not reveal what had taken place.

Speaking to reporters after consulting with the family, Gobind said he was informed this morning about a document that the prosecution had withheld.

"I was informed this morning that the prosecution will call the investigating officers to produce the document.

"When I asked which document, they told me (it had) not (been) given to us as there were orders. That's why I asked for an audience in chambers."

Asked if the document is Teoh's 'final testament' - the existence of which has been claimed by various parties including Senator Ezam Mohd Nor - the lawyer replied: "I am unable to say."

However, Gobind said the document, which reveals "significant" matters, had been in the prosecution's possession since last October.

"First of all, we don't know if this is authentic. Secondly, I wouldn't say it is detrimental.

"But it reflects that facts and circumstances material to the inquest should have been given to us so we could probe the (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency, MACC) witnesses further."

As such, he said, the next step to consider is to open a royal commission of inquiry into Teoh's death and the manner in which the inquest has been conducted.

Gobind said the prosecution did not explain why it held back the document, and claimed there is reason to believe that further evidence is being withheld.

Addressing the press in tears, Teoh's sister Lee Lan decried the "unjust" way in which the inquest has been handled.

"The judiciary has died," she said, holding back sobs.

Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, representing the Selangor government, said that while the evidence has not been tendered in court, the coroner had allowed lawyers to view the document.

"We may have approached the examination (better) if the document was given earlier...Are we now in a position to ask for re-examination of evidence?" he asked.

He said that, otherwise, "the inquest may not uncover the truth we all seek".

Both lawyers feel that the incident has undermined the integrity of the court and has raised questions about the attorney-general's credibility.

Inquest postponed

The inquest has now been postponed to Aug 18. The coroner has further decided not to call two witnesses who were due to have testified today.

The two, Lee Wye Weng and Mohd Harun Abdullah,had been interrogated by the MACC the same evening that Teoh had been questioned.

However, the coroner was said to have decided "there is no need" to call them as witnesses.

This means that Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand will take the stand when the proceedings resume.

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