Justice For Beng Hock

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

2010-08-10T12:46:00.005+08:00

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。

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

2010-08-09T14:14:00.001+08:00

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".

明福坠楼验尸庭‧“明福遗书”？总检署呈“收藏”逾年证据

2010-08-09T14:08:00.000+08:00

（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。

Lawyer marches out of chambers over new evidence

2010-08-09T12:16:00.001+08:00

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.

Program 1 Tahun Memperingati Pemergian Mendiang Teoh Beng Hock

2010-07-07T22:08:00.006+08:00

1．Mengiringi Keluarga Mendiang Bagi Upacara Sembah Mendiang TBH
陪同赵明福家人进行拜祭和追思仪式

Tarikh/日期:
16 Julai 2010 (Jumaat) / 2010年7月16日（星期五）

Masa/时间:
10.00 pagi / 早上10点

Tempat/地点:
Tingkat 1, Plaza Masalam, No. 2, Jln Tengku Ampuan Zabedah E9/E, Seksyen 9, Shah Alam, Selangor (tanda arah: berdepan townhouse)

2. Ceramah <1 Tahun Memperingati Teoh Beng Hock>
赵明福同志逝世一周年纪念大型座谈会

Tarikh/日期:
16 Julai 2010 (Jumaat) / 2010年7月16日（星期五）

Masa/时间:
8.00 malam – 11.00 malam / 晚上8点至11点

Tempat/地点:
Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall ( KLSCAH | 隆雪华堂礼堂 ) No.1, Jalan Maharajalela, 50150 Kuala Lumpur.

Penceramah/主讲人：
1. YB Lim Kit Siang / 林吉祥
2. YB Lim Guan Eng / 林冠英
3. YB Tan Kok Wai / 陈国伟
4. YB Teng Chang Khim / 邓章钦
5. YB Gobind Singh / 哥宾星
6. YB Ean Yong Hian Wah / 欧阳悍华
7. YB Anthony Loke / 陆兆福
8. Cik Teoh Lee Lan / 赵丽兰

3. Berjaga Malam Untuk Memperingati Hari Kematian Mendiang Teoh Beng Hock
赵明福逝世一周年守夜

Tarikh/日期:
16 Julai 2010 (Jumaat) / 2010年7月16日（星期五）

Masa/时间:
8.30 malam – 9.30 malam / 晚上8点30分至9点30分

Tempat/地点:
Speaker's Square, Pulau Pinang/ 槟城言论广场

Pertanyaan / 询问：
04-2288482

4. Malam Memperingati Hari Kematian Mendiang Teoh Beng Hock - Cawangan-cawangan Kuantan
赵明福逝世一周年追悼会 - 关丹区支部

Tarikh/日期:
16 Julai 2010 (Jumaat) / 2010年7月16日（星期五）

Masa/时间:
8.30 malam – 10.30 malam / 晚上8点30分至10点30分

Tempat/地点:
Cawangan Teruntum / 德伦敦支部楼下

Pertanyaan / 询问：
019-3438288

5. Malam Memperingati Hari Kematian Mendiang Teoh Beng Hock - Bentayan
赵明福逝世一周年追悼会 - 文打烟区

Tarikh/日期:
16 Julai 2010 (Jumaat) / 2010年7月16日（星期五）

Masa/时间:
8.30 malam – 10.30 malam / 晚上8点30分至10点30分

Tempat/地点:
Pusat Aktiviti DAP Bentayan / 民主行动党文打烟活动中心

Pertanyaan / 询问：
06-9518989

6. Majlis Ulangtahun Memperingati Hari Kematian Mendiang Teoh Beng Hock
赵明福逝世一周年公祭仪式

Tarikh/日期:
17 Julai 2010 (Sabtu) / 2010年7月17日（星期六）

Masa/时间:
8.00 pagi – 11.00 pagi / 早上8点至11点

Tempat/地点:
Nirvana Memorial Park (Christian Memorial Park), Taman Harmoni, 43500 Semenyih.
士毛月富貴山莊(世外桃源基督教墓园)

Aturcara

8.30 pagi : Ketibaan Dif-dif Jemputan

9.00 pagi : Ucapan Alu-aluan oleh YB Jenice Lee, Pengerusi Majlis

9.15 pagi : Ucapan Belasungkawa ~ YB Teo Nie Ching, Ahli Parlimen Serdang

9.30 pagi : Sesi Penghormatan

10.00 pagi : Jamuan Makan

10.30 pagi : Bersurai

Pertanyaan / 询问：
Sdr. Loh Chee Heng (016-232 8828)

7. Malam Memperingati Hari Kematian Mendiang Teoh Beng Hock - Serdang
赵明福逝世一周年追悼会 - 沙登区

Tarikh/日期:
17 Julai 2010 (Sabtu) / 2010年7月17日（星期六）

Masa/时间:
8.00 malam – 10.00 malam / 晚上8点至10点

Tempat/地点:
Pusat Khidmat DAP Serdang, No.1121-1B, Jalan Sekolah, 43000 Seri Kembangan, Selangor.

Penceramah/主讲人：
1. YB Ean Yong Hian Wah / 欧阳悍华
2. YB Teo Nie Ching / 张念群

Pertanyaan / 询问：
Lim Swee Kuan (016-209 8319)

Teoh’s family wants PM to issue guarantees

2010-04-15T11:14:00.001+08:00

Teoh Beng Hock’s family today urged Prime Minister Najib Razak to give Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand the necessary guarantees to enable her to testify in the inquest which is probing the cause of death of the political aide.

At a press conference at the Parliament lobby today, Beng Hock’s sister Lee Lan read a prepared statement on behalf the family, expressing their sadness over news that Pornthip would not be testifying.

“We don’t want the inquest to end with a question mark,” she said.

Lee Lan added that Pornthip’s presence at the inquest was vital because the prominent Thai pathologist was their best hope in unearthing the truth behind Beng Hock’s death.

“We hope that Pornthip can help us to find out the truth. But all of a sudden… she was not able to come to testify. Everything is now back to square one. How can we not be disappointed?”

Lee Lan said that if the case remains unsolved, it would be the family’s “greatest regret”.

She also reminded Najib that he had once said “no stone will be left unturned in finding out the real cause of death”.

Najib, at a meeting with members of Teoh’s family in July last year, also vowed that action would be taken should there be foul play.

Lee Lan said that the prime minister should provide Pornthip the following:

1) An official guarantee from the government and the attorney-general regarding her safety;

2) That she be allowed to perform her professional duty as an independent witness in the Teoh case; and

3) Her on-going investigations in southern Thailand, which require her to travel to Kelantan, will not be affected by her involvement in the inquest.

According to Lee Lan, Pornthip’s testimony, when the inquest resumes next Tuesday, will be “the best birthday present for Beng Hock.”

The inquest which is set to resume next week coincidentally falls on the same date as Teoh’s birthday, April 20.

‘Instantaneous action’

Ipoh Timur parliamentarian Lim Kit Siang, who was also at the press conference, demanded an immediate response from Najib.

“In this day and age of instantaneous communication, with a prime minister that is IT savvy – he has a blog, he has Twitter and Facebook – I hope that he will find out about this and respond instantly.”

Najib is currently overseas in the US and will only be back next week after a three-day visit to Japan.

He also questioned Home Minister Hishammudin Hussein’s “wobbling” response to the issue.

“He should stop wobbling and waffling. The home minister should give his unconditional and unequivocal guarantee of Pornthip’s safety. How difficult is that? If he cannot, let someone else be home minister.”

Hishammuddin had demanded Pornthip to furnish him with exact details of the alleged threats before he can guarantee her personal safety.

明福儿子尔家满月·逾百亲友聚赵家献祝福

2010-03-20T10:43:00.004+08:00

（马六甲）赵家今日（週六，3月20日）为明福遗腹子赵尔家提早举行弥月之喜庆祝会，逾百名亲友及社会人士到来祝贺，为小尔家及母亲苏淑慧送上真诚祝福。

精灵活泼的尔家並不怕生，躺在床上不时转动著眼睛，仿佛对陆续来探望他的人们感到好奇，而床头置放著赵明福的遗照。

在旁看护的苏淑慧看起来精神不错，不时露出笑容；她希望儿子过著平淡的生活，不要生活在社会压力下，因此故婉拒媒体拍摄儿子的样子。

赵家週六也准备丰盛菜肴祭拜祖先，祈愿赵家第一名內孙平安长大。

於2月22日出生的赵尔家，弥月正日是在3月24日，赵家为方便亲友探访，提早数天举办庆祝会。

苏淑慧家人、赵明福兄姐妹、阿姨、舅舅及朋友们都到来祝贺，马六甲行动党州议员邱培栋及林敬贤亦有出席。

隆尊孔独中组团探望

另外，吉隆坡尊孔独中特组成一支18人的探访队伍，送上一幅写满祝福的温馨“母子图”予淑慧，以及其他祝福卡片、图书及小礼物，同时也移交一笔5300令吉捐款予赵明福基金。

苏淑慧：完成学业之前
“不想孩子曝光成焦点”

苏淑慧表示，目前不想太多，把精神放在照顾孩子上，一切顺其自然，只希望自己和孩子不要成为眾人焦点，尤其是孩子。“希望孩子在完成学业之前都不要曝光，因为我们不希望孩子去到哪儿都被人认出来。”

询及日后是否將把明福事件告诉孩子，她说，“顺其自然吧！”对於孩子出生后的情况，她说一切还好，半夜会起来喂奶。

淑慧指出，她个人认为让孩子未来自由发展，並不会特別阻止他从政。

4月杪返校执教

在峇株巴辖执教的苏淑慧目前享有2个月產假，4月杪才返回学校执教。她表示，孩子由本身母亲照顾，往后將不时回马六甲，带尔家回去见公公婆婆。

她说，赵明福基金由张念群任信托人，每个月给予一笔费用，作为尔家的教育、生活及医药费用，而她生產住院费用，亦由基金支付。

喜迎孙忆亡儿
赵妈妈悲喜交集

明福的妈妈张秀花虽然开心迎来赵家第一个內孙，但坦言永远无法忘记失去明福之痛。“有內孙是很开心的，但內孙没有了父亲，是很悲伤的事情。”

她说，失去明福的痛苦仍存在，尤其抱著尔家时，仿佛回到当年抱著明福的时光，让她觉得又开心又悲伤。赵妈妈希望尔家健康长大，乖巧听话，做个像明福一样孝顺的孩子。

询及孩子长相与谁相似，赵妈妈露出难得的笑容说：“小孩子的样子一直变的，不过还是像妈妈比较多。”她说，日后將会经常到峇株巴辖去探望孙子。

普緹供证恰逢明福生忌
赵丽兰盼看到公道

泰国法医普緹將於4月20日上庭供证，当天凑巧是赵明福生忌，妹妹赵丽兰希望能在这天看到公道，正义获得伸张！

赵丽兰表示，希望当天能看到对赵明福案有帮助的线索，让案子能早日水落石出。“我们对普緹有信心！”

在今日的尔家弥月之喜盛会上，赵丽兰觉得心情復杂，脑海里也不时浮现哥哥的笑容，感慨万千。“如果哥哥还有在，他一定是最高兴的。

我还记得他一知道嫂嫂怀孕后，不断打电话来问妈妈如何照顾孕妇。”她说，家人会在清明节时，带著尔家去拜祭爸爸赵明福。

她表示，转眼间明福已过世9个月，但每一个佳节来临，都让家人更加思念。“不过，我们不会放弃寻找真相。”

“明福不曾被掐颈”‧政府法医反口

2010-03-10T11:17:00.000+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）没有武器、没有人证，双溪毛糯医院法医组主任沙希淡声称，赵明福身上所有伤势皆与坠楼吻合，推翻本身较早前指赵明福颈部瘀伤或被掐所致的供词。

他也声称，赵明福肛门的伤痕並非硬物插入或鸡姦所致，而是符合坠楼的伤势。他也指赵明福臀部的伤痕是坠楼后所致，並非被人鞭打。

伤痕裂痕瘀痕皆非人为

沙希淡今日（週三，3月10日）在庭上改口称，赵明福在坠楼前不曾被锁喉或掐颈，仅承认赵明福颈部的伤势在坠楼前已存在，但不是致命点。

负责为赵明福“开棺验尸”的沙希淡也是本案第31证人，他週三接受大马反贪委会代表律师拿督阿都拉萨盘问时重申，赵明福肛门处的伤痕、头颅所出现的裂痕和臀部瘀痕皆非人为。

他说，赵明福颈部的瘀伤显示该部位曾被施加“外来压力”，但碍於死者没有出现窒息跡象，所以颈部瘀伤並非为致死赵明福的主因。

沙希淡在3月1日接受赵家代表律师哥宾星和雪州政府代表律师马力英迪亚盘问时曾指出，他不排除赵明福颈部呈红色瘀伤是被人所掐，只是可能性很小。

不过，他週三在阿都拉萨盘问下，全盘否决这项可能性，並坚称赵明福生前不曾遭人掐颈或锁喉。

阿都拉萨在盘问结束前，向沙希淡拋出最后一道被视为总结的问题：“由於没有使用武器、硬物，更没有人证目睹赵明福如何跌下楼，你是否可证明赵明福身上所有的伤都是因从高楼坠下所致，他在坠楼前没有受伤？”

沙希淡回答说：“我认为，赵明福身上的伤痕皆符合坠楼的伤势，因为其身上的骨折和內伤都证明了这一点。”

肛门伤痕非硬物插入所致

另一方面，沙希淡声称，赵明福肛门的伤痕並非硬物插入或鸡姦所致，因为他发现赵明福的荐骨与肠骨在坠楼后断裂，较后又“回归原位”，以致肛门受伤；对他而言，这符合坠楼的伤痕。

“我並没有发现死者肛门有被硬物或其它武器插入的跡象。”

他也反驳泰国法医普緹较早前指赵明福头颅出现的裂痕或遭硬物攻击的说词，他说：“死者头颅右边的裂痕较严重，这也是死者臥尸在5楼时的最后姿势，符合坠楼的伤势。”

“若头颅上的伤势是在14楼发生，14楼会一片杂乱，况且，死者在坠楼时撞击地上；我认为，这足够造成死者的头颅破裂。”

第3度出庭
沙希淡供词前后不一

负责为赵明福开棺验尸的沙希淡被视为鉴定赵明福真正死因的关键人物，不过，已第3度出庭供证的他，在针对赵明福颈部为何出现瘀伤的供词互相矛盾、前后不一。

在今年2月19日首度出庭供证的沙希淡，曾3度否决著名泰国法医普緹指赵明福颈部被掐、肛门被插和大腿后侧被打的论据。

不过，他较后於3月1日接受哥宾星和马力英迪亚盘问时，却表明不排除赵明福被掐颈的可能性，惟这项供词在10天后，又被沙希淡本身推翻。

以下为沙希淡在分別2月19日、3月1日和3月10日的供词：

第31证人
姓名：沙希淡
年龄：不详
职业：双溪毛糯医院法医组主任
证词：赵明福身上所有伤势皆与坠楼吻合，推翻本身较早前不排除赵明福被掐颈的供词。

沙希淡供词反復
沙希淡在2月19日、3月1日和3月10日的供词

2月19日：明福没被人掐颈“赵明福並没有被人掐颈，因为若赵明福曾被人用手掐颈，分布在颈部的瘀伤不会显得那么平均，同时，赵明福將出现窒息或窒死的现象；不过，这些都没有发生在赵明福身上。”
3月1日：不排除明福被掐颈“我不排除赵明福颈部呈红色的瘀伤是被人掐颈所致，也不排除其颈部的伤势与坠楼情况不吻合；我不排除这个可能性，只是这个可能性很小。”
3月10日：坠楼前不曾被掐颈“赵明福在坠楼前不曾被锁喉或掐颈，其颈部的瘀伤显示该部位曾被施加“外来压力”，但碍於赵明福没有出现窒息跡象，所以颈部瘀伤並非为致死赵明福的主因。”

从多处伤势判断
明福坠楼时清醒

沙希淡强调，依据赵明福身上多处伤势，与坠楼姿势可判断赵明福从高处坠下前后，还是清醒。

他週三在反贪委会代表律师拿督阿都拉萨引导下，针对赵明福坠楼时是否清醒作出进一步解释。

他强调，如果赵明福是已死亡或失去意识情况下，被人从14楼推下，他身上蒙受的伤势、伤势形状，都会有所不同，而且也不会以脚先著地。

“赵明福身上多处骨折、器官受创、加上严重內出血等伤势，可判断他在坠楼时依然清醒，而且经过解剖，並没有发现遭人掐颈窒息而死或殴打的痕跡。”

同时，他指出，赵明福脚部、臀部遭受的重创，符合坠楼伤势，也进一步证明他坠楼时是以脚先著地。

另外，沙希淡在接受陈福泉的盘问时，也强调赵明福的舌头出现淤血，显示体內有严重內出血的现象，也符合坠落伤势。

解剖时尸体状况良好
首份报告比次份更完整

沙希淡强调，基於首轮解剖时死者尸体状况良好，因此一般上，拥有“第一手”资料的首份解剖报告比起次轮解剖得出的报告，来的更为完整与优异。

他週三下午在阿都拉萨引导下承认，首份解剖报告因尸身“保鲜度”高，报告內容会更优於次轮解剖报告。

虽然赵明福尸体首轮与次轮解剖相距近5个月，但沙希淡指出，基於赵明福下葬时，尸身已进行防腐工作，因此尸体情况尚算完整，可顺利完成解剖工作。

他也解释，在次轮解剖工作进行时，他与另两名本地法医凯鲁阿兹曼与巴拉斯汉都本著要找出真相的態度，相互给予协助，並没有出现爭执的情况，而3人在二度解剖时，也会开会瞭解解剖工作详情。

Beng Hock might have been strangled prior to death

2010-03-01T15:21:00.001+08:00

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

SHAH ALAM, March 1 — Sungai Buloh hospital chief pathologist Dr. Shahidan Md. Noor today agreed with lawyers Gobind Singh Deo and Malik Imtiaz Sarwar that it is possible that that neck injuries sustained by Teoh Beng Hock might have been caused by strangulation.

He, however, affirmed in court that it was not likely that the strangulation killed him and that his fall was the cause of death.

“He (Dr. Shahidan) agreed that the injuries to the front part of the neck might have not been connected to the injuries of the fall. It’s open to argue that it could be a pre-fall injury,” said Malik, who is the lawyer for the Selangor state government.

Teoh, a Selangor government political secretary, was found dead last July 16 at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Selangor office after an overnight interrogation.

Malik explained to reporters that the injuries to the throat muscle could have been caused by choking or strangulation.

He said that there were three main injuries to the neck, and that the cause of the first two injuries were different from the third injury, which affected the spinal area.

“It has now been accepted that the first two injuries to the neck muscles were separate injuries than the deeper muscle.”

Earlier in the coroner’s court, counsel for Teoh’s family Gobind Singh Deo went all out to establish doubt over the findings of the first post-mortem report by Dr Khairul Azman Hj Ibrahim and Dr Prashant Naresh Samberkar.

The fiery lawyer argued that the report was “insufficient” as no tests were done to examine the marks around the neck, something which should have been “standard procedure” in cases of custodial death.

“There was no dissection done on material parts, most important the injuries to the neck. The two important things to look for are not in the first report.

“No dissections were done in the first report as you have conducted in the second post-mortem,” said Gobind.

While Dr. Shahidan agreed that the report lacked details of the investigations the neck abrasions, and concurred with Gobind that it was strange that these marks were not in the first post-mortem report, he stopped short at agreeing with Gobind’s suggestion that the report was insufficient and “utterly incompetent.”

Dr. Shahidan moved to defend the findings of the first report, despite being open to the possibility that it was evidence of strangulation.

“The superficial injuries on the neck would have only been evident after 24 hours, that’s why they couldn’t see the marks. The signs of asphyxia were not apparent on Teoh Beng Hock’s neck,” said the pathologist.

“Does the report reflect dissection was done?” asked Gobind.

Dr. Shahidan says it was done, but not recorded, which led Gobind to accuse him of going out of the way to defend the first report.

At the beginning of the inquest today, the doctor had explained that the signs to look for in cases of custodial death are pressure marks around neck, signs of beating, internal injuries which are not consistent with input given by the officer in charge of the supposed detainee.

“If it weren’t for Dr. Pornthip’s testimony, we would not know about the cause of injuries to the neck of the deceased. Now, there is a possibility that Teoh Beng Hock was strangled on the 14th floor of the MACC. Now I didn’t say strangled to death, I said strangled. These are material facts to be considered in this case.”

“Teoh was actually tortured before fall, there are marks which prove it.”

Shahidan: “It’s possible but not probable.”

Gobind: “I see... then again you wouldn’t say anything bad about the first report would you?”

Dr Shahidan’s agreement of the possibility of strangulation seemingly contradicts his own report which rules out manual strangulation although there was evidence of bruises on and contusions to Teoh’s neck.

Teoh, a Selangor government political secretary, was found dead last July 16 at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Selangor office after an overnight interrogation.

The court has fixed March 10 for the cross-examination of Dr. Shahidan to continue and also to call on Kajang councillor Tan Boon Wah to take the witness stand.

苏淑慧诞男婴‧父名可填赵明福

2010-02-22T10:57:00.001+08:00

（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。

Teoh’s ‘wife’ delivers baby boy

2010-02-22T10:35:00.003+08:00

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.

Pathologist says no evidence Beng Hock was strangled

2010-02-19T10:46:00.000+08:00

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.

Memorial Night for Teoh Beng Hock

2010-01-20T16:08:00.003+08:00

Memorial Night for Teoh Beng Hock
赵明福追悼会

Date: 22^nd January 2010 (Friday)
日起：2010年1月22日（星期五）

Time: 7.30pm
时间：晚上7时30分

Venue: Balai Raya Pekan Salak, Jalan Besar, Selangor (Opposite of Petronas)
地点：Balai Raya Pekan Salak, Jalan Besar, Selangor (Petronas对面)

Speakers／主讲者:
DAP Selangor State Chairman and Selangor State Exco Ean Yong Hian Wah
民主行动党雪州主席兼雪州行政议员欧阳捍华

Selangor State Exco Ronnie Liu
雪州行政议员刘天球

DAP MP for Segambut Lim Lip Eng
民主行动党泗岩沫区国会议员林立迎

Contact／询问: Lim Soon Hong (019-228 7939)

Beng Hock’s family to cite MACC officer for contempt

2010-01-08T10:51:00.002+08:00

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — The family of Teoh Beng Hock will apply today to commit a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer for contempt of court for lodging a police report against Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand.

Family lawyer Karpal Singh said today in a statement that the application will be made against MACC officer Raub Ghani at the Shah Alam magistrate’s court.

“To our minds this is criminal intimidation and a threat to a witness,” Karpal told reporters after filing the papers in the court here.

He said the court should also direct the AG to take action against the same officer under Section 5 of the Abduction and Criminal Intimidation of Witnesses Act 1947which is punishable with 10 years imprisonment and fine.

On Jan 1 two MACC officers lodged police reports against the “Suara Keadilan” tabloid and pathologist Dr Pornthip over an article which confirmed as murder the death of Selangor political aide Teoh who had been questioned by the MACC.

The officers from the Putrajaya MACC investigation branch, made the reports at the Shah Alam district police headquarters here.

They said in their report that they had read the article in the newspaper, dated Dec 29, 2009 to Jan 5 2010, and found that the article concluded that Teoh, a political aide to a Selangor state executive councillor, had been murdered.

They said in the report that, according to the article, Teoh, who was found dead on the fifth floor of the Plaza Masalam building on July 16 last year, was confirmed to have been murdered based on the second post mortem conducted on the body at the Sungai Buloh Hospital on Nov 22 last year.

The two men claimed the report marred the MACC’s image.

Lawyers for Teoh’s family have slammed the police report lodged against Dr Pornthip, saying it could affect the ongoing inquest investigating his mysterious death.

Gobind Singh Deo and Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, representing his employer, the Selangor government, had reportedly said that the two MACC officers had the right to lodge reports but these must have an adequate foundation.

Gobind said it was absurd for the MACC officers to lodge a report against the forensic expert based on the article that quoted anonymous sources.

He said the police report may affect the ongoing inquest as Dr Pornthip may feel intimidated by the police probe and not turn up for the inquest.

The affidavit signed by Teoh’s elder brother, Meng Kee, was filed at the Shah Alam Magistrate court this afternoon.

Karpal pointed out that Dr Pornthip was a crucial witness and should be allowed to give evidence without fear and added that “no obstacle should be put in her way.”

“I call on the new MACC chief Datuk Abu Kassim Mohamed to ensure his officers abide by the law,” the veteran lawyer said.

He added the case had attracted international attention and the entire Malaysian justice system was under scrutiny.

Meanwhile, lawyer Gobind Singh Deo said he hoped the AG would support their application.

“We have come this far and we don’t need this sort of intimidation,” he told reporters.

He added that the application to cite the MACC officer for contempt would be brought to the attention of the magistrate on Thursday when the inquest is scheduled for a mention for all parties to inform the court whether the second post-mortem report is ready.

Besides the reports lodged against Suara Keadilan and Dr Pornthip, the police are also investigating, for sedition, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng over his recent remarks that Teoh had been murdered.

Police today also questioned Selangor DAP chief Ean Yong Hian Wah for allegedly intimidating the police to stop harassing party leader Lim over the Teoh case.

‘Housewarming’ Round 2 for Teoh

2009-12-16T11:09:00.000+08:00

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.

“明福事件小事一桩”‧阿末赛益：不致於令我提早退休

2009-12-06T15:56:00.001+08:00

（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。”

赵明福今日重葬

2009-11-24T16:18:00.000+08:00

（雪兰莪‧加影）在完成第二次的解剖工作后，赵明福的遗体於今日（週二，11月24日）进行重葬，虽然出席仪式的人数不比第一次下葬时来得多，但场面依旧严肃庄重。

灵车早上9时50分抵达位於士毛月的富贵山庄墓园后，重葬仪式就开始进行，至上午11时30分完成。

仪式进行时天气阴凉，还不时吹起微风，虽然一度下起毛毛细雨，但雨势很快停止。

儘管事件发生至今已超过四个月，明福的家属包括大姐赵丽君及妹妹赵丽兰在重葬仪式进行时，仍是难掩心中的悲痛，纷纷哭红双眼。

週二是佛教的涅盘日，赵明福亲属以简单的佛教仪式为他进行重葬，除了重葬仪式，立碑仪式也於週二同时进行，以调整出最佳的风水方位。

由於佛教相信在涅盘日这一天吃素，等於做一年的功德，赵家因此以素品及明福生前爱吃的零食祭拜他，家属也在明福的墓前插上白玫瑰。

明福的大姐及妹妹於週二早上8时30分抵达墓园，父母及哥哥赵铭基则是先前往医院，过后再前去墓园与其他家属会合；明福的二姐赵丽婷因为前往新加坡出差，故未克出席仪式。

在抵达墓园后，明福的父母只是在山下的大伯公庙逗留，没有上到明福的墓地，明福有孕在身的妻子苏淑慧则是没有出席今日的下葬仪式，由她的母亲及姑姑代表出席。

风水师表示，他们不建议苏淑慧出席重葬仪式，除了考虑到民俗上的相冲问题，也顾虑淑慧的情绪，更何况，墓园属於山势地形，不便孕妇行走。

除了家属，行动党国会领袖林吉祥、雪州行政议员欧阳捍华、泗峇沫区国会议员林立迎、行动党前秘书长郭金福及雪州行政议员郭素沁的私人助理黄皓汶等人，也出席重葬仪式。

验尸庭於11月4日发出庭令，批准赵明福家属开棺验尸，以釐清赵明福离奇坠楼身亡后所留下的种种疑团，验尸庭过后也择定11月21日开棺，22日进行第二次的解剖。

Teoh Beng Hock buried... again

2009-11-24T15:45:00.003+08:00

By Neville Spykerman

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 —Teoh Beng Hock was laid to rest again after Buddhist rituals were performed. His brother and sister were at the grave site while his parents stood afar, in accordance with Chinese beliefs that parents do not attend the burial of their children.

DAP’s Lim Kit Siang was also at the Nirvana Memorial Park, along with Teoh’s former boss Selangor exco Ean Yong Hian Wah, Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng and former DAP secretary-general Kerk Kim Hock.

Teoh’s casket arrived from the Sungei Buloh hospital at about 9.50am. Dozens of reporters and photographers were at the scene, along with several uniformed and plainclothes policemen.

A bed of white carnations was placed on top of his grave after the burial and his gravestone was put back into place.

His favourite food, including local kuih prepared by his wife’s aunt, was also placed at the foot of his grave.

Teoh’s pregnant wife Soh Cher Wei, 28 did not attend his reburial but her mother and aunt were with his parents.

“My family is a little relieved now that he has been reburied,” said 29-year-old Lee Lan, Teoh’s younger sister.

“We hope those who killed him will be found and that there will be justice for him,” she said.

Lee Lan also expressed her thanks to the public, the management of the cemetery and Kerk for their help and support.

Teoh was found dead on the fifth floor landing at Plaza Masalam on July 16, after being questioned by the Malaysian

Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at their Selangor Headquarters on the 14th floor.

His body was exhumed on Saturday for a second post-mortem to help an inquest set up by the government to determine if there was any foul play surrounding his death, which was classified as suicide by the police.

Ean Yong who also spoke to the press said no one can understand the family’s pain.

“All this effort is for one purpose, to find out the truth surrounding his death.

“The world will judge the prime minister by his 1 Malaysia message, we will see if he can walk his talk,” said Ean.

心情沉重等消息‧趙家拜祭求解剖順利

2009-11-22T10:23:00.000+08:00

（雪兰莪．双溪毛糯）赵明福的家人今日（週日，11月22日）前往双溪毛糯医院，以等候第二次剖验的最新消息。他们在沉重的心情下静候，並获准在解剖进行前，在太平间进行简单的拜祭仪式，祈求一切顺利。

赵家上下受到院方及警方的全方位配合，从清早开始至解剖工作进行时，都获准逗留在停尸房旁的等候室。等候室內气氛凝重安静，身穿白色衣服的赵家亲属，以及赵明福生前的工作伙伴一行10多人，在等候室折冥纸。

赵母情绪波动

早上10时，赵父赵亮辉和赵母张秀花，趁著法医进行第一轮的討论会议时，与家人拿了一个铝制桶罐放在停尸房的门口，开始焚化已折好的冥纸和往生纸等。过后，他们点燃香枝往外头拜拜，祈求一切顺利。

赵母张秀花比起其他家庭成员的情绪波动更多，每次她一想起明福的遭遇和目前的处境时，难免又是一阵泪流。中午12时30分，当她获悉明福即將被送上解剖台时，她独自一个人都到停尸房外，双手合十仰望天际，嘴里不断呢喃著，在为明福祈祷。

她的心情所有人都瞭解，虽然明福已成为冰冷的遗体，但在母亲心中，那一具冰冷的尸体是她抚养多年、思念多时的心肝宝贝。躺在解剖台上的遗体再也感受不到疼痛，但身体发肤授於父母，赵母正经歷著比解剖还折腾的揪心之痛。

据瞭解，赵铭基、赵丽兰及妻舅苏志海3人，週六（11月21日）晚轮流在停尸房守夜，另外还有8名行动党党员也彻夜轮流陪伴他们，一直到週日早上，其余家属及法医都到场为止。

赵家知部份解剖结果

赵家在明福第二度解剖工作完毕后，已获知部份进展，而所有答案相信將於12月9日在验尸庭继续审讯时曝光。

赵家在记者会上说，声声感谢泰国法医普緹仗义前来，以监督这次剖验工作。他们说，儘管普緹在步出剖验室后，曾向家人简短匯报，但她说的都是专业名词，家人也听不懂实际內容。

不过，他们也指出，由於验尸庭尚在进行审讯期间，他们也不便透露案情，只能等到验尸庭让真相浮现。

家人对剖验工作在短短两个小时便顺利完成感到欣慰。

明福週二再入土

赵明福的家人已经决定在週二上午10时让明福重新入土为安。

明福的兄长赵铭基不愿透露何时让明福的遗体送离医院，並希望所有有意送別明福的人士，在週二上午直接前往富贵山庄的墓地。

赵明福二度验尸

2009-11-22T09:34:00.001+08:00

（雪兰莪‧双溪毛糯）赵明福今日（週日，11月22日）在雪兰莪双溪毛糯医院进行第二次解剖，由英国法医界权威彼得华尼兹医生、双溪毛糯医院法医组主任沙希淡负责操刀，泰国著名法医普緹等从旁协助。

赵明福二度验尸演进表

上午
8.00：警方及医院保安人员封锁医院太平间
8.40：著名泰国法医普緹抵达
8.50：英国法医界权威彼得华尼兹医生抵达
9.15：代表律师哥宾星抵达
9.55：赵明福家属陆续抵达后，在双溪毛糯太平间外摺金纸
10.00：普緹、彼得华尼兹及负责解剖的法医召开首次会议
11.00：法医为赵明福进行X光和电脑断层扫描
11.30：法医进行第二次会议
11.45：哥宾星召开新闻发布会讲解赵明福解剖进展

下午
1.10：法医进行解剖
1.20：行动党国会反对党领袖林吉祥抵达慰问家属
1.45：林吉祥离开

Teoh Beng Hock exhumed for second autopsy

2009-11-21T15:18:00.001+08:00

KAJANG: Teoh Beng Hock’s body was exhumed on Saturday for a second autopsy at Sungai Buloh Hospital.

The exhumation had been ordered by the inquest into the political aide’s recent death, after Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand testified that his likely cause of death was homicide and not suicide.

The body, reportedly in good condition, was sent to the Sungai Buloh Hospital where it was subjected to X-ray and CT scans.

Teoh was found dead on the fifth floor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office in Shah Alam on July 16 and an inquest into his death is ongoing at the Shah Alam Coroner’s Court.

Members of the media started gathering at the Nirvana Memorial Garden in Semenyih early in the morning and there were almost 40 pressmen by the time the prayer rituals started at 9am.

The grave had been cordoned off with about three metres high of white canvas, thus obscuring the view of the pressmen and passers-by.

By 10.40am, 10 cemetery workers had disinterred the casket and Teoh’s body was identified by his siblings Teoh Lee Lan and Teoh Beng Kee.

The casket was then wrapped up in plastic sheets before it was placed in a hearse and headed for Sungai Buloh Hospital, where Teoh’s parents were waiting.

It is learnt that Soh Cher Wei, who went through a marriage ceremony with Teoh after his death, stayed home as she is six months pregnant with his child.

Dr Pornthip was present to observe the exhumation, together with Sungai Buloh Hospital chief pathologist Dr Shahidan Md Noor.

Lee Lan had earlier told the press that she felt heavy hearted over the exhumation but hoped the second autopsy would reveal her brother’s cause of death.

“We are prepared to find out the truth,” she said. Gobind Singh Deo, counsel for the Teoh family, said the body appeared to be in good condition.

“As far as I can tell, it looked like it was in good condition. But I am a lawyer, not a doctor, so we’ll see what the experts say,” he said, adding that there were six pathologists present including Dr Pornthip.

“Dr Pornthip was here to observe the exhumation. We don’t want any complaints later on (about the procedures). The post-mortem will be done tomorrow at 9.30am, and I was told they hope to get it done by early afternoon,” he said.

Gobind added that he did no see anyone from MACC, saying they “should have sent a representative”.

Also present were Teoh’s former boss Selangor state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang and another Selangor state executive councillor Ronnie Liu.

明福尸身完好‧红布缠绳起棺‧送院再度剖验

2009-11-21T11:01:00.002+08:00

（雪兰莪‧加影）在雪州反贪污委员会总部离奇坠楼身亡的赵明福家属，今日（週六，11月21日）早上选择以红布缠绳方式起棺；著名泰国法医普緹在开棺仪式后透露，赵明福的尸身脸部浮肿，大致保留完好。

普緹面带笑容举起拇指示好，显示她对第二次解剖工作信心十足。

为確保开棺过程不会出现紕漏，普緹於週六早上8时45分抵达现场，陪同赵明福的哥哥赵铭基、妹妹赵丽兰及妻舅苏志海一起见证开棺过程。

开棺仪式在早上9时至11时，“鸣吠日”吉辰顺利完成，密封棺木由加影士毛月富贵山庄载送到双溪毛糯医院进行X光和电脑断层扫描，以便在11月22日进行第二次剖验。

为了找出赵明福坠楼的真相，赵明福家属选择在宜埋葬和安葬的“鸣吠日”开棺，更以红布缠绳起棺；除了强烈表达坠楼事件有冤屈外，也借此缓冲开棺时的煞气，避免对怀有身孕的妻子苏淑慧造成衝击。

5法医见证开棺仪式

赵明福的开棺仪式是在5名法医的见证下顺利完成，除了普緹外，其它见证者包括曾为赵明福进行第一次解剖的马大医药中心法医巴拉斯汉、巴生中央医院法医凯鲁阿兹曼，及国大医院的法医沙伦。

虽然大马反贪污委员会较早前公佈委任英国法医界权威彼得华尼兹医生代表反贪污委员会参与开棺验尸的工作，但除了负责第二次解剖工作的双溪毛糯医院法医组主任沙希淡和普緹外，华尼兹並没有现身墓场。

行动党国会领袖林吉祥、雪州行政议员刘天球、赵明福生前的上司雪州行政议员欧阳捍华、泗岩沬国会议员林立迎、赵家代表律师哥宾星和一批行动党支持者也到场。

苏淑慧心情平静‧“盼一切真相大白”

2009-11-21T10:51:00.002+08:00

（雪兰莪‧八打灵再也）赵明福遗霜苏淑慧表示希望明福开棺验尸后，一切可以真相大白。

人在峇株巴辖的淑慧在接获记者来电时，表示自己心情平静，一切尚好。

虽然如此，仍可从其声线中，听出她语带哽咽，但依然积极正面回答媒体提问，並强调自己此刻想表达的，一如明福家属所发表的谈话。

“我一早也接到很多询问电话，但一切还好，谢谢大家关心。”

至於会否前来吉隆坡了解开棺验尸结果，她表示，自己將留在峇株巴辖等候消息，等候明福家人转告详情。

好友在明福面子书留言

另外，赵明福开棺验尸，再一度撕裂亲友心中的伤口，不少明福好友、同事，也因开棺一事触动心情，纷纷前往明福在面子书（Facebook）上的个人页面，留言表达感受。

从只字片语中，不难感受大家的悲痛、希望沉冤待雪的心情，就算明知明福已不能再看到这些留言，朋友们依然选择留言，宣泄心中的沉痛心情。

部份留言如下：

‧“明福，都到了这个时候，你甚么也不用多说，就让你的遗体在人世间为你说最后一次话……”

‧“忍耐，明福，我们为你祈祷”

‧“愿你在天之灵，帮助追求真相的人，为你找出真相”

‧“朋友，欢迎回来”

“请法医一定要为死人说话”‧赵丽兰对普緹有信心

2009-11-21T10:48:00.001+08:00

（雪兰莪‧加影）“请法医一定要为死人说话！”

赵明福的妹妹赵丽兰透露，她有信心泰国法医普緹能在第二次解剖中，厘清赵明福的真正死因。

不过，她希望反贪委会委任的英国法医彼得华尼兹，一样能秉持著为死人说话的精神，不偏不私的协助验尸庭鉴定赵明福的真正死因。

赵丽兰在赵明福开棺前接受媒体访问时强调，其家人非常感激普緹仗义相助，更相信普緹能厘清赵明福的死因。

“虽然开棺的决定对我们来说很困难，但我们希望可以找出真相，希望验尸庭在开棺后可以给我们一个交代。”

询及其家人对反贪委会委任的英国法医是否有信心时，赵丽兰说，反贪委会有权委任英国法医参与开棺验尸工作，但她仍希望这名英国法医將表现出一名法医应有的专业和独立性。

受询她此刻心情如何时，掩饰不了悲痛心情的赵丽兰坦言心情很沉重、紧张，但为了找出真相，她愿意再度忍受煎熬，让赵明福开棺验尸。

“我们今日（週六，11月21日）带来了一些水果、糕点和冥纸来祭拜哥哥。”

赵母：没提孩子是否可个案处理‧“纳兹里回答太官僚”

2009-11-20T11:06:00.001+08:00

（马六甲）针对首相署部长拿督斯里纳兹里指赵明福遗腹子报生纸上的父亲一栏不能填上赵明福的名字，赵妈妈对此感到不满与困惑。

赵明福家属今日（週五，11月20日）下午在远亲郭金福的陪同下召开新闻发佈会，张秀花（明福母亲）指出，部长在完全没有提及赵明福孩子是否能以个案处理，而只是“官僚式”的回答。

她说，部长没有提到明福的孩子是不是可以特別处理，但又指家属没有做出正式申请，这番话似乎意味著，若家属提出申请，报生纸一栏就能填上明福的名字。

盼首相落实承诺

她指出，家属已透过郭金福瞭解最新进展，希望首相拿督斯里纳吉能够落实承诺，实现赵家愿望。

此外，郭金福表示，赵家於7月28日会见首相时，首相已答应全力协助，並表明將指示总检察长加以关注。

“这证明首相明白有关问题是属於特別情况，应个案处理，所以当局不能纯以现有的法令做为考量。”

將申请父亲一栏填赵明福

他指出，如果有需要，赵家將在適当的时候提出申请，让孩子的报生纸父亲一栏，填上赵明福的名字。

他强调，为了避免有心人继续在马来报章上炒作遗腹子不宜合法化的课题，赵家在过去二三个月前已经决定不公开討论此课题，但並非表示赵家已放弃申请，他们也没有忘记首相的承诺。

週五隨同出席新闻发佈会的有赵明基、赵亮辉、郭金福太太莫桂美及明福姊姊的3个孩子。

纳兹里：赵明福孩子报生纸不能冠父名

2009-11-18T11:12:00.000+08:00

（吉隆坡）首相署部长拿督斯里纳兹里指出，根据法令，赵明福与妻子苏淑慧的孩子的报生纸上不能冠上孩子生父的名字。

他表示，根据1957年生死註册法令第13条文，父亲在孩子出生前逝世，报生纸上不能自动填上孩子生父名字，除非男方与孩子母亲列席一同为孩子申报签下同意书，男方自认是孩子父亲，才可填上父亲名字。

纳兹里在国会下议院为部门总结2010年財政预算案委员会阶段，以书面回答行动党华都牙也区国会议员冯宝君的问题，这么表示。

纳兹里也说，当局至今未接到赵明福家属的有关正式申请。

Teoh's remains can be exhumed, says coroner

2009-11-05T09:14:00.000+08:00

By WANI MUTHIAH

SHAH ALAM: Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas has allowed an application made by deceased political aide Teoh Beng Hock’s brother Meng Kee to exhume his remains for a second post-mortem.

The details of the second post-mortem, including who will perform it and when, will be decided when the inquest into Teoh’s death resumes on Nov 9.

Although Azmil Muntapha gave his consent for renowned Thai forensic pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojansunand to be present at the proposed post-mortem, she will not be able to actively participate in it due to certain legal procedural issues.

This is because only a practising physician registered with the Malaysian medical board can do so. as stipulated under the Medical Act 1971.

Counsel holding a watching brief for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Datuk Abdul Razak Musa also pointed out that the Mahidol University, where Dr Pornthip acquired her medical degree, was not among the 250 universities recognised by the same Act.

“It is clear under the law that Dr Pornthip cannot conduct the post-mortem,” said Abdul Razak.

Abdul Razak, who however did not object to the second post-mortem, said the MACC would be sending its own pathologist to attend and audit the findings.

Meanwhile, counsel holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family Gobind Singh Deo said the application to exhume Teoh’s remains did not name Dr Pornthip because of the legal issues involved.

“But she should be given the liberty to be there,” said Gobind, adding that Dr Pornthip should attend the post-mortem since it was she who testified that Teoh’s death was probably 80% due to homicide.

Azmil Muntapha then gave his nod for Dr Pornthip to be present at the post-mortem and ordered University Malaya Medical Centre’s Dr Prashant Samberkar and Klang Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital forensic pathologist Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim to also be present at the post-mortem.

Both pathologists had performed the first post-mortem on Teoh’s remains.

Lawyer appointed to represent the government Tan Hock Chuan also said he had no objections to a second post-mortem.

“The family is entitled to find out what may have happened,” said Tan.

It is believed that the post-mortem will be conducted on Nov 14 as Dr Pornthip is said to be attending a conference in Malaysia at that time.

Teoh, who was the political aide to Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was summoned for questioning by the MACC at its Selangor office on the 14thfloor of Plaza Masalam here on July 15 over the alleged irregular disbursement of state funds.

He was found dead on the building’s 5th floor service corridor the following day.

Dr Pornthip, who testified at the inquest last month, had said there were finger-like marks on Teoh’s neck which may indicate manual strangulation.

She had also added the injuries to his anal region appeared as if something had been shoved up into his anus.

Teoh’s younger sister Lee Lan, who was in court with Meng Kee on Wednesday, said the family will wait for Azmil Muntapha to fix the post-mortem date before making arrangements for pre-exhumation prayers.

无法操刀解剖原因‧普緹资格不受承认

2009-11-05T09:07:00.002+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）泰国著名法医普緹的资格由於不符合大马的1971年医药法令所列出的条文，因此无法亲手操刀进行第二次的解剖工作。

雪州反贪污委员会代表律师拿督阿都拉萨虽然不反对开棺验尸，惟他在庭上挑起普緹的资格问题，直指她不能操刀进行解剖工作。

他表示，根据医药法令，普緹无法在大马进行解剖，因为她的资格不受大马法律的承认。

“根据上述法令，大马承认超过250所大学的医学资格，但普緹所唸的泰国玛希隆（Mahildo）大学，却不在名单之內。”

普緹未曾在大马供证

他说，虽然普緹拥有丰富的供证经验，但都是在泰国；她在这之前也不曾在大马供证。

他表示，刑事程序法典有关开棺验尸的355条文，不適合用在普緹的身上。

他指出，既然赵家代表律师同意各造能派出各自的法医在第二次的解剖工作中协助，反贪委会也会考虑这么做。

赵家代表律师哥宾星指出，根据现有的医药法令，要由普緹亲手操刀的確面对一些法律问题。

他解释，法令的34条文阐明，卫生总监有权力委任在14条文下註册的大马法医进行解剖。

他说，如果14条文不適用，则能够使用12条文（拥有法令所列明的250所大学的医学资格）或13条文（拥有特定经验，包括受僱於本地医院）。

他指出，显然的，普緹的资格都不符合这些条文。

他说，目前最重要的是第二次解剖工作在进行时，普緹能够在场，以便让她有机会提出疑点。

他认为，普緹应被给予机会从旁协助及准备验尸报告，过后再次出庭公佈报告。

第二次解剖地点
或在沙登医院

哥宾星说，由於与赵明福位在士毛月富贵山庄的墓地靠近，他们目前属意进行第二次解剖工作的地点为沙登医院。

他表示，这方面的详情还需待下週一復庭时再做商討。

“虽然我们只能委任政府法医进行第二次的解剖工作，但家人还是有优先权选择属意的政府法医，如果家人找不到適合的人选，那么政府將给予协助。”

他指出，申请开棺验尸必须符合程序，他们必须提出正式的申请，验尸庭在批准开棺验尸后，他们接下来要做的是与各造律师商討由谁操刀、地点及时间等详情。

普緹无法操刀
法律限制赵家失望

虽然验尸庭批准第二次的解剖工作在进行时，普緹能够从旁协助，但赵家仍是对普緹无法亲手操刀感到失望。

赵明福的妹妹赵丽兰受记者询问时指出，家人都希望普緹能够亲手操刀，但碍於法律限制，普緹无法这么做。

“我们对此感到失望，但我们还是希望在普緹的监督下，能够找出真相。”

询及在考虑到风俗的问题时，赵家是否有属意的开棺日期，赵明福的哥哥赵明基说，他们的確有属意的开棺日期。他们將会向代表律师提出建议。

另一方面，出庭瞭解案件进展的行动党怡保东区国会议员林吉祥指出，开棺验尸是国人引颈长盼的决定，以找出赵明福神秘死亡的真正原因。

他也说，普緹在提供协助后，他相信真相將水落石出。

陈福泉：总检察署底线
赵家不能指定普緹操刀

代表总检察署的律师陈福泉指出，虽然赵明福家属有权厘清赵明福在今年7月16日坠楼的真正原因，但总检察署的底线是，赵家不能指定要泰国法医普緹亲自为赵明福操刀解剖。

他说，总检察署不反对赵家所提出的开棺验尸申请，因为成立验尸庭的主要目的，是要鉴定赵明福的真正死因。

他重申，总检察署的立场向来很鲜明，若普緹没有亲自为赵明福进行解剖，她就无法针对赵明福的死作出关键性的结论。

“我认同家属决定让谁操刀的选择最为重要，所以我们不反对开棺验尸的申请。”

他强调，若赵家基於法律问题选择让其他法医操刀，並邀请普緹从旁协助，总检察署不会提出反对，同时，也不会反对反贪委会委派自己的法医参与验尸工作。

他认同曾为赵明福进行解剖的两名大马法医凯鲁和巴拉斯汉，也必须出席第二次验尸工作。

雪政府律师：3大理由要求验尸

雪州政府代表律师马力英迪亚认为，为了厘清普緹和两名大马政府医院法医在解剖报告中所出现的矛盾，验尸庭应批准让赵家开棺验尸。

他週三（11月4日）在庭上基於3大理由要求验尸庭批准申请，即：
1）案件涉及公眾利益和一条人命，不过，普緹与大马法医的报告却互相抵触；
2）普緹在供证期间曾指出，即使赵明福在安葬6个月后，她也可以为他进行第二次解剖；
3）赵明福家属同意开棺，让赵明福进行第二次解剖。

他强调，赵家愿意开棺验尸是雪州政府支持这项申请的最大原因和动力。

赵家申请开棺验尸‧要求泰法医普緹进行

2009-10-25T14:44:00.001+08:00

（马六甲）赵明福家属週日（10月25日）正式委託律师哥宾星向验尸庭申请开棺验尸的庭令，同时要求由泰国著名法医普緹进行验尸工作。家属希望有关申请能在验尸庭於11月9日续审时完成。

苏淑慧也同意验尸

赵家、苏家及明福的妻子苏淑慧都同意开棺验尸。

赵家週日在哥宾星及行动党国会领袖林吉祥的陪同下，在马六甲亚罗牙也住家召开新闻发佈会，作出申请开棺验尸的宣佈。

哥宾星指出，普緹於上週在验尸庭內，透过第一次验尸报告的照片所作出的惊人发现，指出明福有颈部被勒的跡象，臀部也有令人怀疑的伤痕，因此，在与家属商量后，一致决定开棺验尸。

他说，副检察司陈福泉指出，普緹因为没有参与第一次的验尸工作，她的供证不能被验尸庭接受。

“虽然如此，普緹有数次类似的经验，包括尸体已被火化，但还是根据所有的证据找出真相，因此我们相信普緹能够为明福的死因找出真相。”

哥宾星10月26日入稟法庭

他表示，將援引刑事调查法典第335条文，申请开棺验尸庭令，预计週一（10月26日）（週一）入稟法庭，週三或四过堂，再由法庭择日聆听。

他指出，申请开棺验尸应该由反贪委员会或总检察署处理，但是，至今没有看到当局的任何行动，总检察长反而还將此决定交由家属处理。

“总检察署是负责找出明福坠楼真相的机构，他们本应更加关注开棺验尸。”

林吉祥：真相必须大白

此外，林吉祥指出，普緹的供证指明福有80%是他杀，进而引起社会公眾的关注，真相必须大白，涉案者必须受到对付。

他认为，家属决定开棺验尸是正確的。

赵丽兰：加强泰法医论点
家人一致决定开棺验尸

“我们全家人详细討论后，一致决定开棺验尸。我们决心要找出真相，相信泰国法医菩緹会为哥哥討回公道。”

赵明福的妹妹赵丽兰週日在哥宾星及林吉祥的陪同下，在亚罗牙也住家召开新闻发佈会时，如是表示。

她说，赵家相信普緹在验尸庭上所说的是真相，一致决定开棺验尸，是为了加强普緹的论点。

“我们相信普緹的专业，因为就如她本身所说的，为死者说话，是她的职责。”

唯一办法让真相大白

她强调，如果可以，家属也不愿意开棺验尸，但目前只剩下这个办法才能让真相大白。

询及家属为何当初拒绝第二次验尸，她指出，因为当时一切发生得太仓促，家人无法做出决定。

讲述哥哥遭遇哽咽

话到如此，赵丽兰已哽咽，眼睛泛红，讲起哥哥的遭遇，她忍不住流泪。

明福的母亲张秀花也哭红著眼睛表示，上庭所看到的相片，让她对明福感到痛心。

“他们为甚么要用这样残忍的手段？

那些人不是人。”

明福父亲赵亮辉指出，希望这次开棺能够为儿子查出真相，为孩子討回公道。

Teoh's family to request for exhumation and second autopsy

2009-10-25T14:41:00.001+08:00

By ALLISON LAI

MALACCA: Teoh Beng Hock’s family will request for his body to be exhumed, enabling a second autopsy to be carried out by Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand.

Gobind Singh Deo, lawyer for Teoh’s family said an application for the exhumation and second autopsy would most likely be filed in court on Monday.

“The family is very concerned,” he told a press conference at Teoh’s family home in Alor Gajah on Sunday.

“They want to find out exactly what happened to Teoh.”

Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand, had last week, told the inquest into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock that there was an 80% probability his death was a homicide.

She said it was only a 20% probability that Teoh had committed suicide.

Dr Pornthip also testified that the marks on Teoh's neck looked like he had been manually strangled.

The Selangor government had invited Dr Pornthip, the director-general of Thailand's Ministry of Justices Central Institute of Forensic Science, to give her expert opinion.

Lee Lan, 29, Teoh's younger sister and the family spokesperson said on Sunday that they had agreed to the exhumation following discussions with their legal counsel.

She said the family would also carry out a traditional Chinese ritual as a sign of respect and to appease Teoh’s soul before the body is exhumed.

She said the family was initially uneasy about exhuming her brother’s body.

“Actually, if it is possible, we don’t wish to do this but in this case, we are determined to find out the truth,” she said, adding that the family decided to give the go ahead to their lawyer Gobind Singh Deo to file the necessary court papers.

Besides the legal aspects, she said her family had also discussed the need to carry out the pre-exhumation rituals according to Chinese customs and beliefs.

“We (the family) will attend the exhumation as we have to take part in the ritual ceremony prior to it,” she said.

According to traditional Chinese beliefs, the soul of a departed is said to come back, sometimes, and visit the family either through dreams or as an apparition.

Teoh’s family claimed that he had appeared to several relatives in their dreams on the day after rituals to mark the 7th and 49th day of his death.

肛门伤势像被物体插入‧泰法医：赵明福80%遭他杀

2009-10-21T17:03:00.005+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）泰国著名法医普緹提呈给验尸庭的报告揭露，赵明福在坠楼前已经受伤。

她说，她同意两名政府医院的法医，即巴拉斯汉与凯鲁阿兹曼指赵明福身上的一些伤势与从高楼坠下的伤势不吻合；换句话说，赵明福在坠楼身亡前已受伤。

普緹在一封誌期2009年9月29日的公函中指出，大马法医在7月16日傍晚6时40分抵达案发现场，並发现赵明福的尸体在晚上7时15分已开始僵硬。

“由此推断，赵明福的死亡时间应是在8至12小时前，即7月16日早上6时至8时期间。”

遭他杀的可能性达80%

因此，泰国法医普緹指出，由於能够在赵明福身上找到坠楼前就已出现的伤势，她因此断定赵明福有80%的可能性是遭到他杀，而自杀的机率只有20%。

普緹的推论也与本地两名法医凯鲁阿兹曼及巴拉斯汉的假设大相俓庭，同样作为证人的凯鲁阿兹曼及巴拉斯汉皆认为，赵明福极有可能是死於自杀。

普緹是“赵明福验尸案”第30名证人，她今日（週三，10月21日）在雪州政府代表律师马力英迪亚的引导下供证说，上述两名法医指赵明福是坠楼死，她也赞同这个说法。

不过，她认为，虽然是坠楼死，但赵明福在坠楼前就已受伤，因此他极有可能是遭到他杀。

普緹表示，赵明福肛门处的伤势不像是坠楼所致，而是遭到像是木棒的物体插入，在她过去的经验中，她不曾看过坠楼个案会出现如此的伤势。

她指出，赵明福的大腿后侧也出现疑似遭人以木棒打伤的痕跡。

她表示，她也推断赵明福在坠楼时，可能已失去意识，因为她通过伤势照片观察到赵明福的颈部有被勒伤的痕跡、没有防护性伤痕及某些部位在坠楼前就已受伤。

她指出，赵明福在坠地时仍活著，但由於失去意识，导致他脚部著地后，身体就直接向下倾倒重创胸部，这也是赵明福肋骨严重骨折的原因。

对於赵明福的死因，普緹有以下结论：

赵明福左鞋鞋底磨损的痕跡可能是因拖曳而造成；
赵明福肛门的伤势与从高楼坠下的伤势不吻合，其肛门的伤势更像被物体插入；
虽然大马法医认为赵明福在坠楼时脚先著地，但她认为赵明福出现骨折的足踝有被挫伤的痕跡；
由於图片无法有完美的分辨率，她不能排除赵明福颈部有被勒伤的痕跡。

Teoh inquest: 80pc chance of homicide, says Thai expert

2009-10-21T16:55:00.001+08:00

SHAH ALAM: There is an 80% chance that the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock was caused by homicide, the coroner’s court was told Wednesday.

Based on her examination of the autopsy reports and pictures of the site, Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand said she believed there is only a 20% chance that Teoh had committed suicide.

Testifying at the inquest into Teoh’s death, Dr Pornthip said that not all injuries on the body were consistent with a fall from a height.

She said that marks around his neck could mean that he was strangled, while the injury to his anus was caused by penetration with an object before his fall.

His skull fracture was not typical of an injury from a fall but was more compatible with blunt force being applied directly to the skull, she said.

She said that Teoh was probably alive when he hit the ground but may have been unconscious before the fall.

Dr Pornthip told court she has conducted more than 10,000 autopsies, of which about 100 dealt with fatal falls from a high place.

She put the time of death at between 6am and 8am, July 16.

The renowned and flamboyant Dr Pornthip is the director and co-founder of the Thai Justice Ministry’s Central Institute of Forensic Science.

She is well-known for her prowess in cracking open complicated homicide cases and is a celebrity of sorts in her homeland.

She is the author of Investigation of Corpses which sold 100,000 copies in Thailand, and also led a group of international forensic scientists in 2004 to identify the remains of the Asian tsunami victims.

Her life and work was narrated in a National Geographic documentary entitled Crime Scene Bangkok in 2004.

Evaluation put off because hospital refused witness

2009-10-20T10:23:00.000+08:00

KUALA LUMPUR: The scheduled psychiatric evaluation of Teoh Beng Hock’s family was postponed because the hospital refused to allow a witness to accompany them during the interviews.

Lawyer and Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng, who represented the Teohs said the family wanted to know why they were refused a witness during the evaluation at the Selayang hospital yesterday.

He added that Teoh’s family lawyer at the on-going inquest, Gobind Singh Deo, had informed the family that the coroner had imposed two conditions before the interview; each interviewee can be accompanied by a family member or a lawyer.

“We were told that the interviewees had to be isolated and only the doctors were allowed,” Lim told reporters after leaving the hospital complex.

The family had requested for a copy of the interview transcript. However, their request was denied by the hospital along with their request for a copy of the audio recordings of the interview.

“We are asking all this to ensure transparency during the meeting with the three doctors,” he added.

Teoh’s sister, Lee Lan, was disappointed with the outcome of the sheduled evaluation, which involved Teoh’s wife, Soh Cher Wei, father Teoh Leng Hwee, mother Teng Shuw Hor and brother Meng Kee.

“The hospital and the court did not give us a clear idea as to how this should be done. We travelled all the way from Alor Gajah only to find out that it will end this way,” Lee Lan said.

齐聚亚罗牙也老家‧赵家为明福“除灵合炉”

2009-10-19T10:28:00.000+08:00

（马六甲）赵明福家人週日（10月18日）早上在法师诵经带领下，为设在老家的明福灵位进行“除灵”及与祖先牌位“合炉”仪式。

隨著週日仪式完成，赵家希望验尸庭早日让案情真相大白，还明福一个公道，以慰其在天之灵。在这之前，家属在10月10日於士毛月富贵山庄，为明福进行圆坟仪式。

明福双亲赵亮辉和张秀花、哥哥铭基、大姐丽君及妹妹丽兰、妻子苏淑慧及亲人週日早上齐聚亚罗牙也老家，参与上述仪式。

赵家人感谢媒体这些日子来的报导，让公眾人士有机会瞭解赵明福事件。“同时，我们很感谢社会人士给予的关怀和支持，以一份温情鼓励我们继续生活下去。”

热心人印製200黑色手环

赵铭基表示，10月初，一名陈姓男子印製200个黑色手环寄到赵家，手环上写著“Justice For Beng Hock”字样，並鼓励大家戴上手上，直到明福事件水落石出为止。

“陈先生还说，若有需要他会义不容辞印製更多手环；对於陈先生的热心，我们真的很感激。”

他已把大部份手环交给行动党，派送给公眾。

此外，赵家仍继续收到各地热心人士寄送的关怀明信片。

责反贪局有心大作文章‧明福妻力挺女屋友

2009-10-18T11:06:00.002+08:00

（马六甲）赵明福妻子苏淑慧今日（週日，10月18日）力挺明福屋友刘瑞蓉，强调两人之间关係清白，並指反贪污委员会以假设性角度来设定他们有曖昧关係，不仅破坏刘瑞蓉的名誉，对再也无法开口反驳的明福有欠公平。

“刘瑞蓉曾是我们在加影的屋友，过后她搬去与姐妹同住，明福则租用她们楼下的小房间。”

刘瑞蓉为明福学姐

苏淑慧週日到明福老家参与明福除灵与合炉仪式时，针对上述事件向记者发表谈话。

苏淑慧表示，刘瑞蓉是明福在国大的学姐，本与她及明福同租一屋，自从刘瑞蓉的姐妹在蒲种购买屋子后，她就搬去与姐妹同住。

她说，后来因为明福每日必须到沙亚南上班，萌起搬迁的念头，刘瑞蓉腾出楼下小房间出租给他。

苏淑慧表示，刘瑞蓉乐意租房间给明福，本是一件清白及公开之事，不应被当局拿来大作文章。

“明福的室友尚包括刘瑞蓉的两个姊妹，为何当局避开这点不谈？如有证据就应该拿出来，不应乱扯。”

反贪委会律师质疑明福‧与女屋友“关係密切”

2009-10-17T11:10:00.002+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）雪州行政议员欧阳捍华政治秘书赵明福离奇坠楼身亡案週五（10月16日）续审，验尸官阿兹米尔决定不传召赵明福的女屋友出庭；不过，反贪委员会的代表律师阿都拉萨却质疑赵明福与女屋友有“密切关係”。

验尸庭原订於週五传召这名女屋友刘瑞蓉出庭，但阿兹米尔却基於刘瑞蓉所提供警方的口供书显示与赵明福的死並没有直接关联，因而决定不传召刘氏为证人。

不过，阿都拉萨却提出，他不排除赵明福或与刘瑞蓉有“密切关係”，並认为后者的供词將可协助验尸庭判断赵明福的精神状况。

哥宾星斥拉萨假设“越界”

阿都拉萨说，他关注的是赵明福与这名女子的关係，造成赵明福在毙命前可能已受到困扰。

“赵明福有一名单身哥哥住在沙亚南，而他（赵明福）也在沙亚南工作。为何他选择与一名女子（刘瑞蓉）同住，却不与哥哥同住？这是全国人都要知道的。”

当时，赵明福家属的代表律师哥宾星马上站起来反驳说，阿都拉萨指赵明福与刘瑞蓉有密切关係的假设已“越界”，並对刘氏不公平，因而要求他收回有关言论。

“我看只有拉萨想知道。如今是摩登世界的年代，人人可同住一屋檐下。”

阿兹米尔则进一步解释为何他不传召刘瑞蓉出庭。

“她（刘瑞蓉）只是赵明福的朋友，他们在国民大学唸书时认识的，她只出租一间房间给赵明福。”

將传召精神科医生供证

阿兹米尔补充，验尸庭稍后將传召一名曾与赵明福家属及数名反贪委会面谈的精神科医生出庭供证，以分析赵明福的精神状况。

要求翻阅选区拨款文件
官员否认向明福施压

负责审查欧阳捍华4份拨款文件的反贪委会官员阿尔曼助理警监在验尸庭上供证时强调，他盘问赵明福时，不曾对后者施压和使用暴力。

布城反贪会总部情报科官员阿兹曼是验尸庭第28证人，他告诉验尸庭，他曾在7月15日晚上10时30分於反贪委会办公室要求赵明福翻阅选区拨款的文件，但他没有暴力对待赵明福和向他施压。

“我只是问他从其手提电脑影印出来的4份报价表，是否出现在欧阳捍华拨款的文件內，但他无法在文件中找出那些报价表。”

阿尔曼表示，赵明福用了1个半小时来翻阅选区拨款文件夹，但都没有找到发货单正本。

他说，当时赵明福不停翻阅相关文件近5分钟，其身躯没有倚在靠椅上，也不曾直视他的眼神。

此案展延至10月21日及22日续审；届时著名的泰国法医普緹將出庭供证釐清赵明福的死因。

MACC man admits telling officers not to probe cause of aide’s death, too

2009-10-15T10:11:00.000+08:00

By WANI MUTHIAH

SHAH ALAM: A top-ranking Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer admitted he told his subordinate not to lodge a police report after political aide Teoh Beng Hock was found dead on July 16.

“I told him (investigating officer Mohd Anuar Ismail) that Teoh was not under our control and had been told to go home after his statement was recorded. His body was also not found in the MACC office,” state MACC deputy director Hishamuddin Hashim told the inquest into Teoh’s death.

He said he would have made the police report himself if the incident had occurred in the MACC office.

Teoh, 30, who was the political secretary to Selangor exco member Ean Yong Hian Wah, was summoned to the state MACC office at the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam here on July 15 for questioning over alleged irregularities in the disbursement of state funds.

He was found dead on the building’s fifth floor the following day.

Questioned by counsel Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family, Hishamuddin admitted he had told his officers not to investigate what may have led to Teoh’s death.

“The MACC’s reputation is on the line and you didn’t care? Is that what you are saying?

“I put it to you that you didn’t want to know what had happened because of the actions of the MACC officers. You are responsible for Teoh’s death,” said Gobind.

Hishamuddin disagreed and when questioned further admitted he had not gone down to where Teoh’s body was found sprawled.

Gobind: Were you not interested in seeing the body?

Hishamuddin: No.

Hishamuddin also testified that witnesses were not allowed to leave at will even if they had come voluntarily.

However, Hishamuddin said they could get permission to go home in the event of an emergency.

Meanwhile, state MACC investigation unit head Hairul Ilham Hamzah testified that he and Mohd Anuar had found Teoh’s cell phone and bag when they went around the office looking for him on July 16.

Gobind: Did you try to contact him?

Hairul Ilham: No.

Gobind: Why not? It was strange that you couldn’t find him.

When Gobind pointed out the MACC had Teoh’s office contact details, Hairul Ilham said it hadn’t occurred him to do so, adding that his mind had gone blank when he heard that Teoh’s body had been found.

Hairul Ilham disagreed with Gobind that he had not called Teoh since he knew what had happened.

Counsel holding a watching brief for the MACC, Datuk Abdul Razak Musa, also tendered Teoh’s two bank account statements as exhibits.

雪州反贪会副总监不知明福是否受酷刑

2009-10-14T15:50:00.002+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）雪州反贪污委员会副总监希山慕汀指出，所有前往反贪污委员会大厦助查的证人，都是在自愿的情况下出席，若对方有事或生病，则可向有关官员要求展延录供。

他在哥宾星的引导下指出，证人协助录供时，是不被允许半途离开，除非后者生病或不適，才可以要求展延录供程序。

被驳得哑口无言

“反贪委会的工作时间是24小时进行的，所以很多时候官员都会要求证人或嫌犯在正常下班的时间后，才前往协助调查。”

他说，根据阿努亚的匯报，赵明福在助查时，表现不是很自然，当官员询及笔记型电脑的文件內容时，赵明福看起来有点焦虑。

然而，哥宾星马上反驳说，阿努亚在录供当晚一直都在睡觉，根本甚么都不知道，令他质疑希山会从一个甚么都不知道的人口中获取资讯，显示了希山其实是甚么都不懂。他的这番话，顿令希山无言以对。

希山较后坦承，他的確没有见过赵明福本人，也没有亲自去查询以及探望赵录供的情况。因此，他迄今仍不知道赵明福是否被官员以酷刑对待。

他的回答，也推翻了他之前向验尸官阿兹米尔表示官员並没有以酷刑对待赵明福的说法。

供证称整晚没见过明福

希山指出，他於7月15日早上9时，召集了雪州反贪会22至25名官员进行匯报会，要求官员调查一宗有关议员舞弊的案件。同时，他委任了阿努亚为这调查案的负责人，而阿努亚在匯报会后马上展开行动。

他表示，他是从官员的匯报，才瞭解到当晚有赵明福、陈文华等人通宵接受盘问。

他指出，他当晚是因为有公务要忙，所以留在办公室过夜。直至凌晨4时左右，他起身上厕所，在经过茶水间时，看见一名男子坐在沙发上翻阅报纸。

躺沙发男子是陈文华

他披露，他不认识对方，但知道对方並非官员，也不是赵明福。

他重申，整个晚上他都不曾见过赵明福。他后来是在反贪会律师拿督阿都拉萨的引导下指出，他被告知躺在沙发上的男子是陈文华。

律师证人问答录

哥宾星：问
希山慕汀：答

问：警方几点到现场？

答：不確定。我下午4时回到办公室，警方已经到了

问：你有没有问警察……

答：没有。

问：我问题都还没有问完，你就讲没有？你甚么都讲没有没有。听好我的问题，我的问题很简单。当警方来到现场，你是否有询问他们有关案件的详情？

答：没有。

问：你是第二把交椅耶，怎么都不问？

答：他们忙著查案，我不想打扰他们。

问：警方之后有到反贪委会14楼进行调查，是谁让他们进来的？

答：我不知道。

问：一定是有人让他们进来的，是谁？

答：是职员，但我不確定是谁。

问：你是第二把交椅，怎么会不懂？没有问吗？

答：不確定。

问：（哥宾星隨便指著在內庭的律师）是不是他（律师）开门让他们（警方）进来的。

答：不是。

问：你可以確定不是他，为甚么又不能確定到底是谁让警方到14楼？

答：我不確定。

问：我说是他（律师）开门的。（律师赶紧撇清喊说：“不是我”全场哄堂。）

Teoh Inquest: DNA sample identified

2009-10-01T08:59:00.000+08:00

By WANI MUTHIAH and NURBAITI HAMDAN

SHAH ALAM: The inquest into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock was told Thursday that one of the unknown male DNA samples found on the deceased’s belt and jacket has been identified.

Tan Hock Chuan, who is the counsel appointed by the Government to assist Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, said DNA expert Dr Seah Lay Hong would be revealing the identity of the person.

Dr Seah, who is attached to the Chemistry Department, is scheduled to testify Friday regarding the identity of the individual known as “Male 1.”

Teoh, 30, the political secretary to Selangor executive councilor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was summoned to the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office on the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam here on July 15 to be queried over the alleged disbursement of state funds.

He was found dead at the building’s fifth floor service corridor the following day.

During the inquest Thursday, Teoh’s brother Teoh Meng Kee and close friend Woo Chuan Sing took the stand.

Meng Kee testified his brother did not have any health or financial problems.

Lawyer Gobind Singh Deo, holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family, asked Meng Kee, “Do you know if there are any reasons whatsoever that your brother Teoh Beng Hock would want to commit suicide?”

“No,” said Meng Kee.

He also agreed with counsel Datuk Abd Razak Musa, who is holding a watching brief for the MACC, that Teoh had hastened his marriage because his girlfriend Soh Cher Wei was pregnant.

Abd Razak also told Meng Kee that Teoh earned a monthly salary of RM1, 800.

“Do you agree that Chinese weddings cost a lot of money?” said Abd Razak.

“It depends,” said Meng Kee.

“How much is the rough cost?” said Abd Razak.

“It can be less than RM20,000 sometimes,” Meng Kee said.

Abd Razak then suggested that Teoh was forced to expedite the wedding due to Soh’s pregnancy and did not have much savings to pay for the event.

“He had savings and we, as his siblings, would have helped him,” Meng Kee said.

Woo testified that Teoh had SMSed and asked him to be his best man on the day he was summoned by the MACC.

During the inquest Thursday, there was also a heated exchange of words between Gobind and Tan over the summoning of witnesses.

Counsel holding a watching brief for the Selangor state government Malik Imtiaz Sarwar said his party would be calling Selangor MACC deputy director Hishamuddin Hashim and head of investigation unit Hairul Ilham Hamzah.

Malik Imtiaz added that renowned Thai pathologist Dr Porntip Rojanasunan had also said that she would be available on Oct 20 and 21, or Oct 27 and 28.

Tan will also submit the questions prepared by two forensic psychiatrists scheduled to interview Teoh’s family to determine his state of mind prior to his death.

Azmil Muntapha will decide the relevance of the questions to the inquest and rule whether or not Teoh’s family need to attend the interview.

See below for what transpired in proceedings Thursday:

4.06pm: Bulkini Paharudin of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is released.

Court is adjourned to Friday morning.

4.05pm: Witness No 22, Bulkini Paharudin of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, takes the stand again. He is asked to identify Kajang municipal councillor Tan Boon Wah, who was taken in for questioning the same day as Teoh Beng Hock.

Bulkini identifies Tan.

4pm: Bulkini Paharudin of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission takes the stand again. He previously took the stand on Sept 17.

3.55pm: War of words erupts between Gobind Singh Deo, the counsel holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family, and Government-appointed counsel Tan Hock Chuan, over the priority of witnesses taking the stand.

3.46pm: Gobind Singh Deo, the counsel holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family, says he has two witnesses from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Hishamuddin and Hairul Ilham, to take the stand.

Both these names have been consistently mentioned by MACC witnesses throughout the inquest.

3.45pm: Lawyers and coroners hold a discussion to fix a date for Dr Seah Lay Hong to take the stand.

3.40pm: Government-appointed counsel Tan Hock Chuan tells Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas that the DNA sample of “Male 1” has been identified by ninth witness Dr Seah Lay Hong, a serology and DNA specialist.

Tan says Dr Seah is ready to take the stand with her evidence.

3.34pm: Teoh Beng Hock’s best friend Woo Chuan Sing is released from the stand.

3.31pm: Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas begins questioning Woo Chuan Sing, who says, “I am one of Beng Hock’s good friends.”

He says he does not know of any problems that Beng Hock may have faced.

3.26pm: Malik Imtiaz Mawar, acting for the Selangor Government, begins questioning Teoh Beng Hock’s best friend Woo Chuan Sing.

Woo confirms the record of a telephone call received on his handphone from Beng Hock.

3.25pm: Teoh Beng Hock’s best friend Woo Chuan Sing takes the stand as the 25th witness.

To questioning from government-appointed counsel Tan Hock Chuan, who is assisting Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, Woo says Beng Hock SMSed him inviting him to be the best man at his wedding on Oct 3.

3.16pm: To a question by Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, Teoh Meng Kee says his brother Beng Hock never received medical treatment nor had he any medical problems.

Meng Kee says he does not know why Beng Hock went into politics.

Meng Kee is released from the stand.

3.13pm: MACC lawyer Datuk Abd Razak Musa asks Beng Hock’s brother Teoh Meng Kee whether he knows how much it would cost to hold a Chinese wedding ceremony, complete with dinner, luxury car, etc.

Meng Kee says, “perhaps about RM20,000.”

Abd Razak suggests that Beng Hock did not have that kind of money to spend on a wedding on his monthly salary of RM1,800.

Meng Kee says that Beng Hock had savings, although he admits he does not know how much.

3.09pm: Teoh Meng Kee says he does not know what his brother Beng Hock’s monthly income was.

MACC lawyer Datuk Abd Razak Musa: Do you know that Beng Hock earned a gaji bersih (take-home pay) of RM1,800 a month?

Meng Kee: No, I don’t.

3.06pm: During cross-examination by MACC lawyer Datuk Abd Razak Musa, Teoh Beng Hock’s brother Meng Kee agrees with Abd Razak’s suggestion that Beng Hock was making marriage plans at a rather early age because his girlfriend Soh Cher Wei was pregnant.

3.04pm: Datuk Abd Razak Musa, acting for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), begins his cross-examination.

3pm: Teoh Meng Kee says he was notified of his brother Beng Hock’s death by his younger sister Li Lan at about 5pm on July 16. He said he went immediately to Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam.

2.55pm: Teoh Meng Kee says his brother Beng Hock has never mentioned problem to his family before his death.

2.51pm: Teoh Meng Kee tells of his brother Beng Hock’s plans to organise a wedding dinner on Oct 3. He describes Beng Hock as being “full of love and helpful.

2.42pm: Teoh Beng Hock’s brother, Teoh Meng Kee, a 33-year-old warehouse manager takes the stand.

He is the second of four siblings, while Beng Hock was the fourth. Meng Kee, wearing black pants and a light-blue t-shirt, appears calm as he answers questions.

2.40pm: Day 22 of the Teoh Beng Hock inquest begins with his brother Teoh Meng Kee being called to the stand.

Teoh’s fiancee starts blog to share views on life and death

2009-09-26T16:08:00.002+08:00

IPOH: Teoh Beng Hock’s fiancee has entered the blogosphere to express her feelings and views on life and death.

Soh Cher Wei, whose blog “Don’t Say Goodbye” (http://sohcherwei.blogspot.com/), has just published a poem-like post which describes how she has been coping after his death.

Soh wrote that the two of them had been unlucky as those with self-interests had treated them like pawns in a game of chess.

“In the end, you are blamed (and) you are also gone forever,” she said.

She noted that it would be better for Teoh to be living “in the other world” than here.

She said she was only putting up a brave front now so as not to let others worry about her.

“The right to choose is not within my hands from the start. I have no option to say ‘No’, I have no right to object. I could only obey and follow the given path. I have no choice at all,” she wrote in the Mandarin blog.

In the Sept 23 entry, entitled “Am I Happy?”, Soh said with the people around her at ease, she would feel less sorry for herself.

Soh lamented that no one could provide her with an answer.

Despite all these upheavals, Soh gave her word that she would not commit suicide as she did not want to end up in hell, never to be reincarnated.

“We will then be apart as you are in heaven,” she wrote.

Before she ended, Soh said she would be reunited with Teoh after his death was avenged.

“Only death by old age awaits me now,” she said.

A check yesterday found that the blog had garnered 57 comments, mostly words of encouragement.

Teoh family outraged at MACC chief's suicide theory

2009-09-07T11:34:00.000+08:00

By Debra Chong

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 – As the inquest into the death of a Selangor government political aide drags on with no clear end in sight, his grieving family’s frustration is fast turning into fury.

This is especially over the latest reported remarks made by the chief commissioner of the national anti-graft body, which many believe to have had a hand in pushing him over the edge.

The family of the late Teoh Beng Hock denounced the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan for publicly insinuating that the 30-year-old political secretary had committed suicide because he “could not withstand the pressure”.

Teoh’s younger sister, Lee Lan noted that Ahmad Said had told Chinese-language daily, Sin Chew Daily, earlier this month that he had been informed of 10 cases of people jumping from buildings after being investigated by Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) since its set-up.

The MACC, formed in January this year, was modelled after the ICAC.

“He also said that if people investigated could not withstand the pressure and jumped from the building, there was nothing that they (MACC) could do,” Lee Lan told The Malaysian Insider, repeating her statement to reporters last Saturday after saying prayers for her brother at the Seck Kia Eenh Temple in Malacca.

“If the MACC continues to make irresponsible remarks which cannot be substantiated with proof, we are prepared to go and see the Prime Minister again to urge him to immediately set up a comprehensive Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate into Beng Hock’s cause of death,” she added, speaking for the rest of her family.

The family scored a meeting with Datuk Seri Najib Razak in his Putrajaya office on July 28.

“No stone will be left unturned in finding out the real cause of death and, if there is any foul play, action will definitely be taken,” the PM promised them then.

Lee Lan, who was the closest of three other siblings to Teoh, challenged Ahmad Said to answer three questions:

1. Who saw Beng Hock jump from [the] MACC building?

2. Beng Hock was classified as a witness in the investigation, what pressure would he have faced?
3. Will MACC’s interrogation method bring about pressure on the witness or suspect to cause them to jump to death?

Teoh was found dead outside the MACC’s Selangor office in Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam on July 16, the same day he was to register his marriage to his pregnant sweetheart.

He had been interrogated overnight by MACC investigators probing claims that his boss, first-term Selangor DAP state lawmaker and executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, had unlawfully dipped his fingers into state funds.

The inquest will resume tomorrow after a one week break.

Lee Lan, who was the closest of three other siblings to Teoh, challenged Ahmad Said to answer three questions:

1. Who saw Beng Hock jump from [the] MACC building?

2. Beng Hock was classified as a witness in the investigation, what pressure would he have faced?

3. Will MACC’s interrogation method bring about pressure on the witness or suspect to cause them to jump to death?

Teoh was found dead outside the MACC’s Selangor office in Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam on July 16, the same day he was to register his marriage to his pregnant sweetheart.

He had been interrogated overnight by MACC investigators probing claims that his boss, first-term Selangor DAP state lawmaker and executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, had unlawfully dipped his fingers into state funds.

The inquest will resume tomorrow after a one week break.

释明圆法师协助‧明福“回家”了

2009-09-06T10:16:00.000+08:00

（马六甲）在马六甲青云亭释明圆法师的协助下，逝世近2个月的赵明福终於“回家”了！

释明圆法师週日（9月6日）下午在释迦院明福牌位置放处诵经后，前往他亚罗牙也老家进行设立牌位仪式，先后耗时3小时，让明福回家“团聚”！

张秀花告诉记者，家里设了明福牌位后，她有“明福回家”的感觉，心里比较安乐。

丽君则表示，现在赵家最大的心愿，是真相能早日水落石出，不要一再拖延，大家不希望明福死得不明不白。

明福指示要“回家”

根据赵家远亲郭金福表示，家属是获得“指点”，获悉明福想“回家”的意愿。

仪式后，释明圆法师表示，他是协助將明福的“魂”

请回家，並设立牌位，直到他逝世满100天完成圆坟仪式（10月10日）后，下午才“除灵”（去除灵位）。

“到时，明福將与歷代祖先牌位‘合炉’，往后一起祭拜。”

东禪寺住持释觉诚法师特別赠送赵家一个佛首座，让家人可在家诵经，將功德回向明福。

週日是7月16日逝世的赵明福做“七七”，他的父母赵亮辉和张秀花、大姐赵丽君及妹妹赵丽兰、妻子苏淑慧及父母等亲友皆到释迦院祭拜至亲，向明福做最后一次的告別。

家人为明福准备了很多食物，包括素荤两式佳肴、糕点、发糕、水果、饼乾、冰淇淋和月饼等。

不满反贪会言论‧赵家或再见首相

2009-09-06T09:07:00.000+08:00

（马六甲）赵明福妹妹赵丽兰表示，若反贪污委员会继续发表没有根据及不负责任的言论，赵家准备再次与首相拿督斯里纳吉见面，要求他即刻成立一个全面的皇家调查委员会，彻查明福的死因。

“我们感到心痛，当我们日夜期望明福的死因能水落石出时，反贪污委员会主席拿督斯里阿末赛益却发表高度不负责任的言论。”

赵丽兰今日（週日，9月6日）上午在马六甲释迦院祭拜哥哥赵明福“七七”后，向记者发表谈话。

阿末赛益於9月1日告诉《星洲日报》，据他所知，香港廉政公署成立至今，已有10人在受调查期间跳楼，他们也无可奈何。

赵丽兰表示，在反贪污局或反贪污委员会歷史中，没有发生过证人或嫌犯跳楼事件；因此，阿末赛益的言论明显是指，明福是因为承受不了压力而跳楼。

3问题挑战阿末赛益

她说，赵家强烈抗议阿末赛益的言论，並挑战他回答3项问题：

（一）是谁看到赵明福跳楼自杀？
（二）明福由始至终都是被反贪污委员会列为证人，他会面对甚么压力？
（三）当局的盘问是否会造成证人或嫌犯崩溃而跳楼？

另一方面，赵丽兰感谢眾多亲友、公眾、法师及佛教组织，自7月16日以来为明福祈祷、诵经及超渡。

苏淑慧替爱夫立碑‧明福“已婚”身份入土

2009-09-04T10:22:00.001+08:00

（雪兰莪‧士毛月）逝世逾一个半月的赵明福长眠於富贵山庄，今日（週五，9月4日）时家人为他举行立碑仪式。苏淑慧以爱妻身份为明福立碑，让生前还来不及成家的明福带著“已婚”身份入土为安。

按照华人传统习俗，家属必须在亲人逝世后的100天內，为已故者完成立碑、超渡及旺山日仪式。

赵明福於7月16日逝世后，无论是举殯日或安葬在墓园后，名牌上都是写著“赵明福相公”，而这是已逝的未婚人士所使用的称呼。

遗相以隱雕方式呈现

不过，他的未婚妻苏淑慧已在8月15日当天入门，媳妇身份获得宗族的確认，是男方家族的一份子，因此週五才得以以妻子之名为明福立碑，並在墓碑上刻名。

由於学校已开课，身为老师的淑慧必须返回峇都巴辖上班，无法出席週五的立碑仪式，整个仪式由哥哥赵铭基、大姐赵丽君及妹妹赵丽兰代劳。

尚未走出丧儿之痛的赵母张秀花则默默地站或坐在墓园旁，时而望著爱儿的坟墓，时而低头不语，只有在孩子们张罗祭品时才稍微有了动作。

赵家为明福带来鲜果和糕点，也为他烧了一些纸扎品如电视机、轿车、冷气机、衣物、金银等等，整个仪式从早上9时开始至10时30分才结束。

协助赵家完成立碑仪式的富贵集团风水部总经理林致劭披露，他们將为明福进行为期3天的超渡，从週五开始至週日，其家属会在最后一天参与超渡仪式。

此外，家属也必须在10月10日的“旺山日”再回到墓园来，为明福“圆坟”，算是为明福往后的“住所”举行“入伙庆典”。

他补充，明福的遗相有別於一般的照片，反而是仿照一代歌姬白光的遗相一样，以隱雕的方式呈现，凸显明福的面貌。

42名反贪会小组成员应召开紧急会议，讨论阿末赛益是否适合继续当反贪会主席，否则他们应促政府革除他的职位！

2009-09-02T10:31:00.002+08:00

马来西亚反贪污委员会主席拿督斯里阿末赛益对赵明福于於7月16日活生生的进入反贪会总部14楼，隔天却被发现卧屍在5楼的不明不白事件，表现得冷酷无情。

阿末赛益告诉星洲日报说，据他所知，香港廉政公署成立至今，已有10人在受调查期间跳楼；如果被调查的人承受不了压力跳楼，他们也无可奈何。

阿末赛益的言论显然是把赵明福的死因，归咎於承受不了反贪会调查的压力而自杀，企图以香港廉政公署成立至今，已有10人在受调查期间跳楼自圆其说。

阿末赛益应証明，香港廉政公署成立至今，已有10人在受调查期间跳楼，如果他只是随口说说，却拿不出証据，是一种极不负责任的做法。

此外，在这10宗香港自杀案中，有几人是嫌犯及几人是証人，因为反贪会不断的宣称，赵明福是以証人，而非嫌犯身份被录取口供。

如果阿未赛益拿不出証据証明上述10人自杀，他就应对自己的不负责任言论道歉。

为了推搪赵明福死因的责任，阿末赛益完全漠视了人民对反贪会的盖世太保式查案手法之关注，並表现出对赶明福的死及其家人的悲痛，亳无悔意或同情心。

阿末赛益也应解释，为何反贪会如此不负责任地对赵明福的死因，作出两种推论，一种是他自杀，另一种是他被反贪会以外的人谋杀。

42名反贪会各小组的成员应召开紧急会议，讨论阿末赛益是否适合继续当反贪会主席，否则他们应促政府革除他的职位！

此外，这42名小组成员不应对反贪会不断蔑视向贪污宣战法定目标，却向民联宣战，充当巫统/国阵要推翻民联雪州政府的爪牙做法视若无睹。

林吉祥
民主行动党国会领袖兼怡保东区国会议员
2009年9月2日

明福託梦称惨死‧赵家吁知情者助討公道

2009-08-30T11:40:00.000+08:00

（马六甲）赵明福於7月16日在雪州反贪污委员会总部离奇坠楼毙命一个多月来，家人一直都在等待他能託梦给任何一人，以“道出”死因，没想到前几天他终於“出现”在家人的梦中。明福的妹妹赵丽兰声称，哥哥託梦告诉家人，他是惨死的，並非自杀。

“我们知道，只要有证据，真相才会真正大白，明福才能討回公道。”

“我们再次恳求任何知情者，能够勇敢的站出来，將真相告知我们的律师哥宾星。”

她也说，家人梦见明福时，明福的样子就如平时一样，至於地点则在亚罗牙也的老家。

“相信明福会回来”

“我相信当真相大白时，明福一定会回来，交代他还未交代的事。”

赵丽兰今日（週日，8月30日）在释迦院，与沙登区国会议员张念群、莲花苑州议员李映霞、沙登行动党党员及明福生前的同事祭拜明福后，在明福的灵位前向记者这样指出。

明福的双亲赵亮辉、张秀花、哥哥明基、大姐丽君及外甥皆给明福上香。

淑慧克制情绪不流泪

明福的骤逝，至今仍教家人痛心欲绝，他的母亲、大姐及妹妹在现场多次落泪，尤其丽兰在向记者提及哥哥被反贪会官员污蔑一事时，更是哽咽落泪，令旁人感到难过。

明福的妻子苏淑慧也在场，但她由始至终都沉著应对，当明福的同事在灵位前唱《友谊永在》及《正义最终会伸张》时，明福的姐妹已哭成泪人，反倒是淑慧这时选择別过头去，凝神望向远方，並且不停的用手中的纸张在脸旁挥搧，似乎在努力克制情绪，不让眼泪溃堤。

“污蔑明福抽佣”
赵家促反贪官道歉

赵明福的妹妹赵丽兰指出，反贪会由始至终都指明福只不过是协助调查案件的证人，现在反贪会官员莫哈末安努亚依斯迈竟然把他说成是涉及抽佣的人，为何要这样污蔑、誹谤明福？

“污蔑一名已不能自辩的人，是恶毒，绝不能令人接受的！”

她说，家人对莫哈末安努亚於8月26日在验尸庭上供证时，指责明福涉及112令吉的抽佣行为，感到极度痛心及不满。

“欧阳捍华行政议员告诉我们，明福是绝对清白的，他说那112令吉其实是明福先前垫出去的一项活动开销，並且拥有文件及证据证明明福是清白的。”

赵丽兰披露，虽然验尸官裁决刪除上述供词，但一些网站媒体已报导莫哈末安努亚的这项指责，这已对明福的清白构成伤害。

“莫哈末安努亚必需拿出证据，否则他应公开道歉。”

谁会为112元典当人格？

沙登区国会议员张念群指出，验尸庭开审以来，不但未还明福一个清白，如今却有人在庭上对明福进行人格谋杀，指明福抽佣112令吉，这是不可原谅的行为。

她认为，发表这番话的反贪委员会官员莫哈末安努亚应该收回言论及道歉。

“明福作为欧扬捍华行政议员的助理，若要抽佣，何止112令吉？谁会为112令吉典当自己的人格？”

她说，之前反贪会只说请明福协助调查，现在却在庭上指他抽佣，等於未审先判，这对明福家人带来严重的伤害。

“验尸庭已开审多日，仍无法解答许多疑问。我们对验尸庭不满，也对皇委会缺乏信心。”

许多疑问未解

另外，张念群也提到，明福出事时，反贪委员会说在凌晨3时许就放了明福，手机也交回了，但为何明福的手机却在2天后，由反贪委员会交给警方？这一点，验尸庭一直没有交代。

她称，目前报章对明福事件的报导篇幅越来越少，但却出现越来越多罗生门，她与代表雪州政府的李映霞这一趟来，主要的是表达大家对家属的关心及支持。

“最重要的是，真相大白。在所有有良知的国民中，明福绝对是清白的人，是一名爱国青年，为了国家赔上的性命。”

雪议员先垫钱办活动

莲花苑州议员李映霞说，在民联接管雪州后，已经改善之前国阵未办活动先拨款的方式，民联掌政后，所有申请拨款者必需在活动结束后，连同活动照片及文件呈上，才能进行拨款程序，而通常是两三个月才会批准。因此先垫钱是常有的事。

她说，反贪会领取纳税人的钱，却没有公平调查，反倒对付民联，若反贪会真的要查拨款，就应去查巴生自由区事件。

“我们严厉谴责反贪委员会偏向人格谋杀，一些人为了爭权，不择手段，已不符民主精神。”

她指出，反贪委员会在明福案件上，骚扰了许多证人，並强迫这些证人指明福去世前，精神已出现问题，让大家觉得很不安。

Officer: I did not hear people arguing

2009-08-28T16:02:00.001+08:00

By WANI MUTHIAH and NURBAITI HAMDAN

SHAH ALAM: A Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer testified that he did not hear people arguing at his office toilet on July 16 – the day Teoh Beng Hock’s body was found.

Mohd Najeib Ahmad Walad, the state MACC assistant enforcement officer, told the inquest into Teoh’s death that he was at the office until 2.30am on that day and the atmosphere had been calm.

His testimony clearly contradicted that of his superior officer Mohd Anuar Ismail on Wednesday that Teoh and Kajang Municipal Council councillor Tan Boon Hwa had apparently argued.

Mohd Anuar, who is the investigating officer of the case, had testified that his colleague Bulkini Paharudin told him Teoh had an argument with Tan at the men’s room at 2am that day.

Teoh, who is the political aide to Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was taken to the MACC office on the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam here on July 15 to be questioned over alleged irregular disbursement of state funds. He was found dead on the fifth floor the next day.

Mohd Najeib told coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas that Teoh looked uncomfortable and worried when MACC officers paid Ean Yong’s office an impromptu visit on July 15.

Teoh, he said, also appeared troubled while waiting to be questioned at one of the MACC office’s lounge areas.

Questioned by Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family, on how he knew that Teoh was worried, he said: “From his body language and facial expression. He was uncomfortable with the MACC officers.”

Gobind: So, if given a chance, he would have left?

Mohd Najeib: I don’t know.

On whether he had asked Teoh why he looked uncomfortable, Mohd Najeib replied he did not care and that it was probably due to his mood that day.

However, he said he would have attended to Teoh if he had complained about something to him.

Asked if force was usually used against those under questioning, he said: “As far as I know, no”.

Gobind: So, are you saying there may be but you don’t know?

Mohd Najeib: Yes.

Replying to counsel holding a watching brief for Ean Yong, Salim Bashir, he agreed that he and his colleagues had not obtained a search warrant before going to the executive councillor’s office.

Salim: Do you agree that it would make them uncomfortable, as they were not prepared to welcome the MACC?

Mohd Najeib: No.

He also said there were no verification documents to prove that several invoices printed by him had come from Teoh’s laptop.

There was no standing order or procedure when checking computers during investigations, he added.

Replying to Gobind earlier, Mohd Najeib admitted he did not remember the password to Teoh’s laptop.

Teoh, he said, had typed in the password himself and had only given him the password to access the CPU seized from his office.

Gobind: So, now if you want to go back to the laptop, you can’t?

Mohd Najeib: I can’t.

陈文华：爭执的指控是捏造的谎言

2009-08-27T11:00:00.000+08:00

加影市议员陈文华郑重否认他在雪州反贪污委员会总部扣留问话期间，曾经和赵明福发生爭执或肢体衝突。

他今日（週四，8月27日）在行动党总部召开的新闻发佈会上说，此项指责是毫无根据且存有恶意，並对他和他的家人造成严重的伤害。

他说，他是自7月15日晚上约9时被带进雪州反贪会总部问话，一直到隔天中午1时35分才被释放。

他指出，当时他大约在晚上10点开始被盘问，一直到凌晨2点多才暂停。

“我当时要求喝水，盘问我的官员就带我到茶水间，喝完水后，我要求打一通电话回家报平安，手机上的时间是凌晨2点30分。”

他透露，这名官员从晚上10点至凌晨2点30分都一直在他身边，而他也不曾去过厕所，所以他认为这名官员指在凌晨2点，看到他与赵明福在厕所发生爭执，完全是一项捏造的谎言。

Teoh Inquest: Officer asleep during interrogation

2009-08-26T09:55:00.003+08:00

By WANI MUTHIAH and NURBAITI HAMDAN

SHAH ALAM: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer in charge of the case involving Teoh Beng Hock admitted that he would not know if the political aide was threatened when he was questioned by the officers.

Mohd Anuar Ismail said this was because he had been asleep most of the time when his subordinates interrogated Teoh in the early hours of July 16.

He said this at the inquest into Teoh’s death when he was cross-examined by counsel Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family.

Gobind: During your snooze, you didn’t know what was going on?

Mohd Anuar: The officers briefed me.

Gobind: When you were sleeping, you didn’t know whether there were threats.

Mohd Anuar: I didn’t know.

Teoh, the political secretary to Selangor executive councilor Ean Yong Hian Wah had been summoned to the MACC office at the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam here on July 15 to be questioned over the alleged irregular disbursement of state allocations. He was found dead on the fifth floor the following day.

Mohd Anuar said he did not lodge a report after discovering that Teoh had died but rushed to Putrajaya to consult with his superiors.

Gobind: Your star witness is dead and you didn’t make a police report but got into your car and rushed to Putrajaya? Why did you not call the police?

Mohd Anuar: The situation was panicky as there was a dead person.

Mohd Anuar, 32, also said he had been instructed to go to Putrajaya for further instructions as well as to lodge a police report on July 17 by the Selangor MACC deputy director Hishamuddin Hashim.

Gobind, who wanted to know why Mohd Anuar had left Teoh’s remains “lying there” without even informing the latter’s family, lawyer or boss, suggested he may have done so as there was “something to hide or remove” from the scene.

“I do not agree,” Mohd Anuar replied.

Earlier in the day, Mohd Anuar testified that he did not probe Teoh on his condition during the questioning session with MACC officer Mohd Nadzri Ibrahim at 2am as there was no need to do so.

However, Mohd Anuar who admitted he had gone back to sleep after inquiring if everything was alright, said he noticed that Teoh appeared to be uncomfortable and withholding something when his statement was being recorded.

Mohd Anuar added that he had asked Teoh if everything was okay but Teoh had kept mum.

Asked why he had not tried to find out why Teoh had kept silent and appeared uncomfortable, Mohd Anuar said it had not occurred to him to so.

Gobind also said Teoh’s lawyer M. Manoharan had waited at the MACC office for an hour on July 15 but no one came out to speak to him.

To this, Mohd Anuar said he was not aware that Manoharan had come to the MACC office that day.

On why the questioning had to be carried out throughout the night, Mohd Anuar replied that there was urgency in conducting Teoh’s case given the wide media coverage it had received.

Gobind asked: “You were directed to bring them in and get a confession?”

Mohd Anuar admitted that he had been instructed to do so by Hishamuddin and MACC head of investigation unit Hairul Ilham Hamzah.

The inquest continues today before coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas.

Memorial Vigil for Teoh Beng Hock (Klang, Selangor)

2009-08-26T09:08:00.003+08:00

Memorial Vigil for Teoh Beng Hock
赵明福追悼会

Date: 28th August 2009 (Friday)
日期：2009年8月28日（星期五）

Time: 8.00 pm
时间：晚上8时

Venue: Bangunan Persatuan Hokkien, Klang, Selangor
地点：巴生福建会馆

Speakers/主讲者：
YB Lim Kit Siang, DAP Parliamentary Leader and MP for Ipoh Timur
民主行动党国会领袖兼怡保东区国会议员林吉祥

YB Tan Kok Wai, DAP Vice Chairman and MP for Cheras
民主行动党全国副主席兼蕉赖区国会议员陈国伟

YB Teng Chang Khim, Speaker of DUN Selangor and ADUN for Sungai Pinang
民联雪州议会议长兼双溪槟榔区州议员邓章钦

YB Ean Yong Hian Wah, Selangor Exco and ADUN for Seri Kembangan
民联雪州行政议员兼史里肯邦安区州议员欧阳捍华

Khalid Samad, PAS MP for Shah Alam
回教党沙亚南区国会议员卡立沙末

Representatives from PKR
公正党代表

MPs and ADUNs from Klang
巴生区各国州议员

Organised by/ 主办者:
DAP Klang Parliamentary Liaison Committee
民主行动党巴生国会选区联委会

Enquiries/询问: Lee Fu Haw 李富豪(017-6099369)

Teoh Inquest: Letter names officer and BN leader

2009-08-21T13:49:00.002+08:00

By WANI MUTHIAH

KLANG: The mysterious letter which derailed the Teoh Beng Hock inquest on Wednesday purportedly implicates a top-ranking Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer and a state Barisan Nasional leader in the mishap.

The letter, which was published in several news portals, was allegedly written by lower-ranking MACC officers, accusing the two men of having conspired to topple the Selangor government by conducting a witch-hunt of its leaders, which indirectly resulted in Teoh’s tragic death.

It also accused the MACC officer of having protected the politician when he was in power before the Pakatan Rakyat coalition took over Selangor.

According to the letter, the officer had received many kickbacks as payment for his service to the politician.

Counsel representing Teoh’s family, Gobind Singh Deo, tendered in the letter to the coroner after informing him that an individual had handed it to him on Tuesday.

One incriminating accusation in the letter is about the method the officer used as his interrogation technique – by holding the front portion of a person’s belt and lifting him several times before shaking him.

(Government forensic pathologist Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim had opined at the inquest earlier that it was possible that Teoh had been held up by the belt as it had a tear at the buckle region.)

It also said the officer left the office on the first session DNA samples were taken from MACC officers to facilitate investigations into Teoh’s death.

The letter alleged that during the second session, the officer gave his DNA in the privacy of his office instead of the conference room where all the officers, including the state director, had assembled to be swabbed.

“Why was his DNA sample given in secrecy? Was it his own sample that was given? We MACC officers are puzzled why none of the samples extracted matched that of the mysterious male samples (found on Teoh’s blazer and belt),” the letter purportedly asked.

It also recommended that the officer be swabbed again in the presence of people who can be trusted.

The letter alleged that the officer had ordered his subordinates to wipe the window, from where Teoh is believed to have plunged to his death.

The officer was also purportedly the last person to have seen Teoh alive, as he had not punched his card when leaving the office at 6.10am on July 16th.

Meanwhile, when contacted, the politician, who was overseas, said the allegations were baseless. “I have nothing to gain by toppling the Selangor government,” he added.

“I don’t think it’s the work of MACC officers. What are they going to get by making such wild allegations?” he asked.

The inquest into Teoh’s death was adjourned to Monday.

Mysterious MACC letter: Police asked to investigate (Update)

2009-08-21T13:46:00.000+08:00

By CHRISTINA TAN and STEVEN DANIEL

SHAH ALAM: Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas has instructed the police to investigate the contents of the mysterious letter that was presented at the Teoh Beng Hock inquest on Wednesday.

Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said that he could not elaborate but added that the police have began an investigation.

The results of the investigation would be sent to the court for the inquest, he said on Friday.

The letter accuses a top-ranking Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer and a state Barisan Nasional leader of having conspired to topple the Selangor government by conducting a witch-hunt of its leaders, which indirectly resulted in Teoh’s tragic death.

On July 15, Teoh was taken in for questioning by the MACC as a witness in its investigation into the alleged abuse of constituency funds by certain elected representatives in the state.

Teoh, 30, was the political secretary of state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah.

Teoh’s body was found the next day on the fifth floor of the Plaza Masalam building the next day. The MACC has its office on the 14th floor of the building.

The Cabinet agreed to the inquest into the death after a public outcry.

In KUALA LUMPUR earlier Friday, MACC deputy director Datuk Abu Kassim said the Commission would have to determine if the mysterious letter presented at the inquest on Wednesday is the same as the one which has been published on numerous portals and blogs.

He said the MACC, which has yet to get a copy of the letter presented at the inquest, has to see if it is one and the same as the version which has been published online.

“If they match, we will let the police and our internal complaints board investigate,” he said.

Teoh Inquest : Mysterious letter appears

2009-08-19T13:51:00.000+08:00

SHAH ALAM: A letter containing 'a handful of names' with details relevant to the inquest was received by Gobind Singh Deo.

Gobind, who is holding a watching brief for political aide Teoh Beng Hock's family, said someone handed him the letter after the hearing on Tuesday.

He said the five-page typed letter had 'a handful of names' and material facts and circumstances relevant to the inquest.

He, however, said the letter was dated Aug 5.

During Wednesday's proceedings, Gobind said he wanted the letter investigated and had informed Teoh's family accordingly.

He said the letter contained explicit details of significance to the inquest.

Tan Hock Chuan, the lawyer representing the Attorney-General's Chambers, said the prosecution has no objection for further investigation to be carried out.

"All of us are interested to know the truth. These are allegations that must be investigated by police. Let the police investigate to verify the truth or otherwise of the allegations."

It is learnt that the coroner and all interested parties viewed the letter earlier in the afternoon.

The inquest then adjourned to Monday afternoon.

Here is an account of what transpired in the court:

3.50pm: Outside the courtroom Gobind told reporters the letter was typed in "five to six pages." He says it was handed to him by someone who approached him outside the court yesterday. However, the letter was dated Aug 5.

"A handful of names are mentioned in the letter," he said.

3.45pm: The inquest adjourns to Monday afternoon.

3.25pm: Gobind says matters raised in the letter clearly relate to material facts and circumstances relevant to the inquest.

He says he is making an application to the court for the letter to be investigated and has informed Teoh's family accordingly.

Tan Hock Chuan, for the Attorney-General's Chambers, said the prosecution has no objection for further investigation to be carried out. "All of us are interested to know the truth. These are allegations that must be investigated by police. Let the police investigate to verify the truth or otherwise of the allegations."

It is learnt that the coroner and all interested parties viewed the letter earlier in the afternoon.

3.20pm: Gobind said a letter was handed to him after yesterday's proceedings. He said the letter contained explicit details which are of significance to the inquest.

3.15pm: Gobind Singh Deo says Teoh's family is in the court. He said there is a new development to the case.

Teoh Inquest: Focus on facial injuries

2009-08-18T14:23:00.004+08:00

By WANI MUTHIAH

SHAH ALAM: Teoh Beng Hock had facial injuries and it is possible that they were caused by beating, an inquest into his death was told.

Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim, the Klang Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) senior consultant pathologist, also said the political aide had injuries in his anus, adding it was possible that such an injury could have been caused when he was beaten with a blunt wooden object.

Replying to counsel representing the Selangor government Malik Imtiaz Sarwar on the facial injuries, he said it was possible it was due to a beating.

Malik Imtiaz had suggested to Dr Khairul Azman that if the facial injuries were caused by Teoh’s fall from the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam, it depended on how he landed onto the building’s fifth floor service corridor.

Teoh had severe multiple injuries which included a perforated anus, broken ribs, fractured ribs, limbs, and skull as well as various bruises and lacerations.

Probed by Malik Imtiaz over the anal injury, Dr Khairul Azman said the injury could have occurred as Teoh’s sacrum bone (located at the base of the spine) was fractured in the fall.

(Caption: Ready for court: Dr Khairul Azman arriving at the witness room at the Shah Alam court for Teoh Beng Hock’s inquest Monday.)

Malik Imtiaz: Is it possible for the anal injuries to have occurred before the fall and made worse by the fall?

Dr Khairul Azman: Possible.

Malik Imtiaz: Is it possible that this can be seen as a penetration wound?

Dr Khairul Azman, who admitted he had not carried out specific examinations to determine if the rectum was transacted or lacerated, again said the injury could be due to a fragmented sacrum bone.

He added that the trousers would have had a hole instead of a tear if it was indeed a penetration wound.

Malik Imtiaz: What if when this was done, the trousers were taken off?

Dr Khairul Azman: There would be bleeding.

Malik Imtiaz: There was bleeding?

Dr Khairul Azman: Yes.

Earlier, Dr Khairul Azman, replying to counsel Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family, said such an injury could also be caused when beaten with a blunt wooden object.

Gobind: If he was hit with a blunt and flat object, is it a possibility that he did not have his pants on at the time?

Dr Khairul Azman: Yes, possible.

To whether the injuries could have occurred if one fell from a high altitude and landed flat, Dr Khairul Azman said the injury would have occurred when the posterior took a very hard knock upon landing.

Gobind: In that case the theory that injury was on the right leg does not makes sense.

(Last week, Dr Khairul Azman said Teoh could have landed on his feet with the right leg taking the bulk of the impact.)

To Malik Imtiaz’s question on whether he could say whether there were injuries before the fall, he said: “If there’s evidence such as blood or any other clear signs, only then can I say there is a possibility that it is a homicide.”

Malik Imtiaz also asked if the scratches on Teohs hands resembled fingernail marks.

Dr Khairul Azman said that there was a possibility.

Malik Imtiaz: Is it possible that when he was being held out of the window to scare him, and as he fell, someone grabbed him by the hand and the watch came off, because we never found the watch. Is there a possibility?

Doc: I did not speak to MACC officers

2009-08-18T14:22:00.000+08:00

SHAH ALAM: A senior government pathologist testified that he interviewed Teoh Beng Hock’s family but admitted that he did not speak to any Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officers to help formulate his opinion.

Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim told the inquest into the political aide’s death that he had interviewed the relatives to have a better understanding of what may have happened on the day he died.

He said he spoke to Teoh’s elder brother, younger sister and fiance to know when was the last time they saw him alive.

Replying to counsel Gobind Singh Deo, who is keeping a watching brief for Teoh’s family, Dr Khairul Azman said he had wanted to know Teoh’s state of mind and if he had suicidal tendencies.

“Did you ask the family if he had psychological problems, medical problems, drinking, alcohol and smoking problems?” asked Gobind. “Yes, he had none,” Dr Khairul Azman said.

He said Teoh’s brother told him that his brother was an open person who liked to discuss things.

When Dr Khairul Azman insinuated that Teoh might have been embarrassed for making a mistake, Gobind said: “Be careful. You don’t know from the background.

“There’s no reason for him to commit suicide. What about the other aspect of him being murdered? Isn’t it equally important to question the MACC officers as well?”

Dr Khairul Azman replied that it was the duty of the police to speak with the MACC officers.

When Gobind said he was not in a position to rule out the possibility of a homicide as he did not probe the MACC officers, Dr Khairul Azman said: “I do not have proof to support that a homicide had taken place.”

He may have been alive momentarily

2009-08-18T14:16:00.001+08:00

SHAH ALAM: Teoh Beng Hock may have been alive momentarily when he landed on the fifth floor service corridor of Plaza Masalam after falling from the 14th floor.

This was revealed when counsel representing the Bar Council Rajpal Singh questioned forensic pathologist Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim about Teoh’s palms, which were clenched.

“Maybe he was in pain. It is possible he was alive and felt intense pain and clenched his fists before he died,” Dr Khairul Azman told the inquest into Teoh’s death.

Rajpal asked Dr Khairul Azman if there was a possibility that Teoh was semi-conscious when he fell as he had not bitten or bruised his tongue due to impact of the fall.

Earlier, counsel representing the Selangor government Malik Imtiaz Sarwar showed Dr Khairul Azman a picture of Teoh’s left hand and asked whether it indicated cadaveric spasm.

(Cadaveric spasm is a type of stiffening of the muscles that occurs at the moment of death and is usually associated with violent deaths.)

Dr Khairul Azman said there was a possibility that it was, adding that Teoh may have also tried to grab on to something when falling.

Malik Imtiaz: Are you suggesting that he was conscious when he fell?

Dr Khairul Azman: Yes, there are signs.

Malik Imtiaz: Based on the fracture report, there doesn’t seem to be any injury to the wrists. Is there a possibility that there were no reaction?

Dr Khairul Azman: Possibly.

Questioned by counsel Gobind Singh Deo, Dr Khairul Azman said Teoh’s remains were found “a good distance away” from the window as evidence indicated that he had jumped off the building.

“We have to consider several things. If there were a struggle, there would have been signs. If pushed, he would have plunged straight down and not at the distance his body was found.”

Pathologist under fire for DNA contamination theory

2009-08-17T13:50:00.001+08:00

By Debra Chong

SHAH ALAM, Aug 17 — The government pathologist who last week suggested Teoh Beng Hock committed suicide came under fire from lawyers again today over his insistence that crucial DNA material to the inquest was contaminated on the autopsy table.

Dr Khairul Aznam Ibrahim, who had carried out the autopsy on the DAP political aide the day after he was found dead, had earlier testified that the unknown DNA profiles of at least two men found on Teoh's coat and belt were highly likely the result of “contamination” of the autopsy table at the Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) in Klang near here.

The lawyer for the Selangor government, Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, seemed to find the senior medical forensic expert's theory incredulous, especially after the latter told the coroner's court today that he had was not even in the room when Teoh's clothes were removed.

He quizzed Dr Khairul if the hospital attendants who did it wore gloves.

Dr Khairul said they did.

Puzzled, Malik asked the pathologist to explain how the contamination could then have taken place.

“During removal, the plastic was taken out. During that process, it might have happened,” Dr Khairul replied, adding that the attendants could have placed the clothes on a contaminated table while photographing one by one the items removed from Teoh's body.

The lawyer did not buy the pathologist's theory and kept pressing him for certainty, referring him to a photograph of the belt, which showed it coiled and standing upright on its edges without the flat part, where swabs were later taken, touching the surface of the table.

Malik: You're not sure there was contamination?

Dr Khairul: I'm sure there was contamination.

Malik: Based on what? You're saying the hospital in Klang contaminated the exhibits? You were not involved in the removal of the clothing. So would you agree that you're speculating?

Dr Khairul: It could have happened that way.

Exasperated, the usually mild-mannered Malik blew up for the second time today.

“You're speculating! Only tell us what you know,” the lawyer cried.

“I'm wondering why you are taking steps to undermine the facts,” he asked.

In a tight voice, Malik asked the pathologist again if he knew, for a fact — here he paused, stressing the word — that the autopsy table was contaminated.

“I don't know,” Dr Khairul answered in a low voice.

At the onset of the inquest, the coroner was told by government DNA expert Dr Seah Lay Hong that she had found samples of foreign DNA on the back of Teoh's coat and on his belt, which belonged to at least two men, seeming to raise the public's suspicions of foul play.

She had run tests on 157 individuals, including 81 anti-graft officers believed to be from the investigation team quizzing Teoh over alleged misuse of state money, and failed to find a match to the DNA, which remains a mystery to today.

提100种明福死亡可能性‧凯鲁供词模稜两可

2009-08-17T13:08:00.000+08:00

第10证人法医凯鲁供词模稜两可，上週五（8月14日）才说赵明福可能跳楼自杀，今日（週一，8月17日）忽然转口指赵明福有可能被人拋下楼。

週一验尸庭续审，凯鲁在庭上供证时，对“赵明福之死”提出100种可能性，包括明福可能跳楼、被推下楼，引来家属、雪州政府及律师公会三造代表律师的不满。

他一时说赵明福有可能在清醒、不清醒，甚至是半清醒的时候被拋下楼，出於本能反应，以致他死后双手紧紧握住。

过后他转口说：“也可能他掉落地面还没死亡，由於感到十分痛，他才会双手紧紧握住。”

当律师公会代表律师南士巴星问到，赵明福右腹的磨损痕跡有可能是手指甲造成的，可能有人拉扯他的腰带，企图拋他下楼。

他也认同这个可能性，过后又说可能是裤子拉链所擦伤，在律师的反驳下，接著他说：“任何可能性都有的。”

转口指伤口或坠楼前存在

法医凯鲁在较早前供证时指赵明福身体没有挣扎伤痕，他评断所有伤口是坠楼所致。但是，於週一却向雪州政府代表律师马力承认，赵明福身体上的伤口可能在坠楼前已存在。

凯鲁此言一出，令到外表斯文的马力也忍不住怒斥他说：“不懂就说不懂，你不能自己去揣测，你知道自己的供词有多重要吗？”

问答：

马力：你曾说尸体没有自卫及挣扎痕，5时30分在反贪会茶水间有人看见他，死者左手腕出现伤痕，有可能是指甲抓伤的吗？

凯鲁：有可能。

马力：有可能是有人拉扯他的左手的手錶时所造成的吗？

凯鲁：你说有可能的话，就有可能。

马力：假设死者在沉睡中，有人抓住他的手將他拋下楼，导致手錶脱落，令手錶遗失？

凯鲁：有可能。

马力：你说死者腰带出现超过两个人的DNA，可能是警员或鑑证组处理尸体时，不小心造成污染，这个可能性不大，因为他们都会戴上手套。

凯鲁：我推测在打开遮盖尸体塑胶袋、拍摄尸体、搬运尸体可能受到污染。

马力：你没看到事实，只是推测？难道没有官员通知你尸体受到污染？

凯鲁：就是这样发生的。

马力： “你根本不知道原因，对吗？”

凯鲁低下头，细声回答：“是的”

没验结肠是否有残余食物

南巴士星：死者有可能被人抓住腰带拋出窗外吗？

凯鲁：如果是这样，腰带將被扯断，但是腰带完好在死者身上。

南巴士星：不管腰带有没扯断，死者被人抓住腰带才会出现抓痕？

凯鲁：有可能。

南巴士星：死者的手没打开，牙齿没有咬紧，可能是半昏迷吗？

凯鲁：有可能，也可能他忍住痛楚，我们不会知道的。

南巴士星：你是说赵明福著地后，依然活著，而且很痛苦，才会双手紧握住？

凯鲁：可能。

南巴士星：赵明福坠楼前，可能是不清醒或半清醒的，才被他人推下来？

凯鲁：他可能是不清醒的，但是根据我的经验，他也可能是清醒的，如果他被两个人拉扯及推下楼，衣服会有痕跡。

南巴士星：你有检验过赵明福的结肠是否有残余食物，以確定他多久没进食？

凯鲁：没有，即使有检验也无法验出，通常只能找到辣椒种子。

面对各造律师假设‧法医未完全否定他杀

2009-08-17T10:37:00.000+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）虽然为赵明福进行解剖的法医凯鲁供证时已推断死者是自杀身亡，不过，他今日（週一，8月17日）在验尸庭面对各造代表律师提出的他杀假设时，却没有完全否定有关可能性。

当律师询及死者有否可能在失去意识下坠楼、身上的部份伤痕是否在坠楼前已造成、手上的伤痕是否是被指甲抓伤、是否有人企图把死者推向窗边恐嚇死者而造成意外，以及死者是否曾与人挣扎等假设性问题时，凯鲁一律回答：“有可能。”

雪州政府代表律师马力英迪亚为证明死者坠楼前已受伤，包括死者的肛门处受伤是在坠楼前已造成，而向证人假设死者在坠楼时臀部是没有直接著地，而是胸部直接撞击地面，凯鲁的回答还是一句：“有可能。”

“如果你的问题是问有没有可能性，我只能说有可能。”

哥宾星不满供词反復

此外，赵明福家属代表律师哥宾星对於凯鲁反復不一的供词深表不满，並直言无法尊敬他的判断。

他说，凯鲁上週五供证时指出，死者是自己爬出窗外，坐在窗槛上跳下楼，但週一又说死者是直接跃下楼，显然证人对於自己的假设有不同的立场。

“你说不可能有人强拉死者的裤带，导致死者裤子破裂及裤带断裂，因为这样的话裤带的末端会掉落，但你不排除有人强拉死者的裤腰，导致死者的裤带断裂。

“你同意有可能有人在死者坠楼前强拉死者的裤腰，但又说如果有发生推撞情况，死者应该是垂直坠下楼，而不是臥尸在离大厦较远的地方；不过，你之前说过死者可能在坠楼的过程中碰撞到其他东西导致身体弹到较远的地方，那你岂不是推翻自己的推论？”

哥宾星说，凯鲁每次都对有不同的立场，自相矛盾。

法医推断明福凌晨5时半死亡

法医凯鲁阿兹曼推断，赵明福的死亡时间，可能早至7月16日早上5时30分。

不过，他指出，死者较保守的死亡时间，应该是早上6时30分之后，因为在6时左右，还有人看到死者活动。

他表示，人死后遗体將在2至3小时后开始僵硬，在6至8小时后，就將完全僵硬。

“我在7月17日中午12时，为死者解剖，也发现他的肾臟开始腐烂，因此我推断，赵明福的死亡时间为7月16日早上5时30分。”

另一方面，他表示，在死者的胃里，他只发现褐色的液体，没有其他食物，他相信死者在死前，至少有4小时没有进食。

他指出，这也可以证明，赵明福在死前挨饿。

Teoh Inquest Day 9: 'Facial injuries may be due to beating'

2009-08-17T09:47:00.002+08:00

02:00pm: Inquest adjourns to Tuesday morning after intense questioning of the various injuries noted in the post mortem.

12:49pm: Malik Imtiaz put forward a hypothesis; that Teoh was surrounded by individuals - a form of scare tactic - before he fell. When he fell someone grabbed his hand and snapped his wristwatch as the watch is yet to be found.

Malik: Is there a possibility that the scratches on Teoh's wrist could have been caused by someone who held the wrist with the watch?

Khairul: Yes, there is a possibility

12:25pm: Dr Khairul says there is a possibility that the injuries on Teoh's face could have been caused by beating.

11:47am: To a question by Malik, Dr Khairul says that Teoh was conscious when he fell, based on spasm signs in his left hand. This indicates he had tried to grab something when he fell.

11.33am: Court resumes. Khairul takes stand again. Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, representing Selangor government is questioning him.

10:47am: Coroner's court takes a break.

10:10am: Dr Khairul complains to Coroner that Gobind is "playing with words", after persistent questioning by Gobind. Gobind retorts that he asked straight questions five times but did not get straight answers.

10:00am: Gobind says that as Dr Khairul had not interviewed MACC officers, he was not privy to evidence that excluded the possibility of homicide. But Dr Khairul insists that there was no evidence of homicide.

09:50am: Gobind asks Dr Khairul why he did not question MACC officers. Dr Khairul responded that it was not his job and he relied on information from the police.

09:40am: Dr Khairul says he questioned three of Teoh's family members - brother, younger sister and fiance - to determine if Teoh had any psychological, medical, drug or smoking problem. The family members had told him that Teoh did not have any of those problems.

09:31am: Dr Khairul agrees with Gobind's suggestion that a psychological background check on Teoh was important to determine if the cause of death was suicide.

09:15am: 10th witness Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim, senior consultant from Forensic Department of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, takes the stand again and is examined by Gobind Singh Deo.

09:13am: Coroner’s court convenes for ninth day of inquest.

SHAH ALAM: The inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock enters its ninth day.

Teoh, 30, who was political secretary to Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on July 16 on the fifth floor corridor of Plaza Masalam, after giving a statement in an investigation into alleged abuse of state government funds.

The Coroner is Azmil Mustapha Abas and Tan Hock Chuan is the lawyer appointed by the Government to assist the Coroner.

Gobind Singh Deo is holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family while Malik Imtiaz Sarwar is representing the Selangor government.

Tea ceremony formally welcomes Soh into Teoh’s family

2009-08-16T09:59:00.001+08:00

Story and picture by CHEN PELF YEEN

ALOR GAJAH: Family members of Teoh Beng Hock and his 28-year-old fiancee Soh Cher Wei partook in a traditional Chinese tea ceremony to formally recognise her as his wife.

The solemn ceremony, which began at 11am, at Teoh’s home in Taman Sri Kelemak, Alor Gajah, yesterday, saw both elation and grief from the two families.

Soh, who is currently in the first trimester of her pregnancy, was seen quietly sobbing as she offered tea to Teoh’s parents seated before her.

She then served tea to other senior members of Teoh’s family at the small and private ceremony attended only by close relatives.

Earlier, as part of the ceremony, Soh had also offered prayers to Teoh’s ancestors.

Teoh’s siblings later presented Soh with a gold ring and bracelet, which his younger sister Lee Lan, 29, helped to put on.

When met later, Soh, who had recently cut her hair short, said she had not dreamt of Teoh or his spirit returning to visit her since his death.

“No, I have not dreamt of him. I suppose he has not returned to visit me as he might be feeling guilty for leaving me,” she said, adding that she wished he would return to tell her the truth behind his death.

“I decided to cut my hair short to begin a new life,” she said, adding that she had since moved back to her family in Batu Pahat, Johor, and was now teaching in a Chinese primary school in Ayer Hitam.

Soh said both Teoh and her had picked Oct 3, which is also the date of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival for their wedding, before his death on July 16.

Former Kota Melaka MP Kerk Kim Hock, who is related to Teoh’s family, clarified that the ceremony was not the traditional Chinese afterworld wedding that Soh had earlier expressed her wish for.

“This is just a simple and meaningful ceremony to mark the recognition and acceptance of Soh as the daughter-in-law of the Teoh family,” he said, adding that both families had also agreed for their relationship to be recognised through the ceremony.

Teoh, who was the political secretary to Selangor exco member Ean Yong Hian Wah, died on July 16 after falling from the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam, where the state Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission office was located.

He died hours after being interviewed by MACC officers as a witness in an investigation into the disbursement of state funds.

苏淑慧以“赵家媳妇”身份祭祖敬茶

2009-08-15T15:05:00.000+08:00

（马六甲）已故赵明福妻子苏淑慧今日（週六，8月15日）以“赵家媳妇”身份祭祖，並敬茶给公婆，意味著她与腹中孩子身份受到確认，正式成为赵家一份子。

虽然这是一场婚事，但却因为新郎赵明福已不在，气氛悲喜交集，难掩心中难过的出席者，不禁在旁偷偷拭泪。

脂粉未施的苏淑慧，週六早上身穿黑色连身裙及白色小外套，神態平静地在赵妈妈张秀花指导下，完成祭拜祖先、天公、佛祖菩萨、土地公及灶君仪式。

祭拜仪式以福建永春籍贯风俗进行，所供奉的两类素荤食品包括菜肴、包点、发糕及各种具有“永春色彩”的传统喜饼。

祭拜仪式过后，苏淑慧先后敬茶给家翁赵亮辉及家婆张秀花、明福大舅张顺德、大姨张秀凤、三舅张清炎及四舅张清火，再接受幼辈敬茶。

在敬茶期间，独自一人进行所有仪式的苏淑慧，似乎再也难掩心中悲伤，频频拭泪，同时试图控制自己情绪，以儘快恢復平静，令旁人为之心酸。

这场仪式是在週六早上10时许於马六甲亚罗牙也赵明福老家举行，赵苏两家眾多亲戚出席观礼，除了赵明福二姐丽婷身在新加坡无法出席外，哥哥明基、大姐丽君和妹妹丽兰、苏淑慧父母苏炳泉和郑鈺叶、2名妹妹、2名弟弟、2名外甥及1名姑姑等，皆有出席这场仪式。

同时，赵家姐妹联合赠送首饰给淑慧，代表欢迎弟媳及嫂嫂入门的一份心意。

The bride wore black

2009-08-15T14:21:00.000+08:00

By Debra Chong

ALOR GAJAH, Aug 15 – The cheeks of the young children were stained with chocolate as they munched on Pocky chocolate-coated sticks while weaving in and out of the many legs that crowded the tiny living room in Teoh Beng Hock's family home here late this morning. Their eyes rounded in wonder.

A table in front of the family altar was laden with cakes and other traditional delicacies, including several kinds of sticky fried sweets peculiar to the Hokkien community during weddings only.

But nobody moved to help themselves to the food. They were waiting.

Soh Cher Wei arrived with her parents and siblings at her late fiance's home close to 11am. Today marked the day she would be formally inducted into the Teoh family, even if her intended no longer stood by her side.

The primary school teacher got engaged to the political secretary to first-term DAP Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah while he was a reporter with a Chinese daily, after a two-year courtship.

Cher Wei, who recently transferred back to her family home in Batu Pahat, was met at the door by Beng Hock's mother, Teng Shuw Hor, 56, and handed a bundle of lit joss sticks, smelling faintly of sandalwood.

Both made their way barefooted to the porch where a small, roofed shrine stood in a corner. Hands clasping the joss sticks, they bowed their heads in respect of the sky god before planting a few into a pot inside.

They returned to the main altar where Cher Wei continued her obeisance to Beng Hock's ancestors and family deities even as a slow Buddhist song played on softly in the background.

The all-important tea ceremony that followed next was highly-charged.

Cher Wei, dressed in a thin, knitted white cardigan over a knee-length black dress, knelt down alone in front of Beng Hock's parents and offered them a cup of tea each.

They accepted with both hands, drained the bitter brew, and completed the Chinese custom welcoming their younger son's wife into the family by handing her the traditional red packet.

The tears that glittered as they slid down her thin, pale cheeks were the only adornment on her face as Cher Wei greeted her weeping new in-laws, especially when 29-year-old Teoh Lee Lan, Beng Hock's youngest sister, slipped a bright gold band onto the ring finger on her right hand, marking her new status.

The 28-year-old would have exchanged rings with Beng Hock himself on July 16 instead of through a proxy had things turned out differently.

As matters stand, Cher Wei who is in her first trimester, is still waiting for word from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on whether her unborn child will be allowed to bear the Teoh family name on the birth certificate.

In Malaysia, a newborn's father has to be physically present and produce the marriage certificate before his name can be recorded on the birth certificate. In the absence of one, the space for the father's name is left blank.

But with today's ceremony over, Beng Hock's sweetheart now holds the right to have her name engraved on his gravestone at the Nirvana Memorial Park in Semenyih as his wife in accordance to Chinese custom, said Kerk Kim Hock, a distant uncle related by marriage to the deceased.

Kerk, who was formerly DAP's secretary-general, was acting as spokesman for the still-grieving family.

Beng Hock and Cher Wei had originally planned to tie the knot on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, a very romantic date according to the Chinese calendar as it marks Mid-Autumn Festival Day, which falls on October 3 this year.

The ceremony was brought forward to today, coincidentally the 15th day of the eight month in the Western calendar, to accommodate cultural sensitivities.

The Chinese believe that the soul of a deceased person remains in the human plane for seven weeks before departing for the next world.

They also believe the soul will take this chance to send a last message to his beloved and his family through their dreams.

Tomorrow marks the fourth week exactly since Beng Hock's funeral. Yet no one in the family has dreamt of Beng Hock.

“We want to dream of him. But we are too sad,” said Lee Lan, bright-eyed with unshed tears.

Gobind tears into suicide theory

2009-08-15T10:17:00.000+08:00

SHAH ALAM: A lawyer challenged a suggestion by a senior forensic pathologist that Teoh Beng Hock may have committed suicide.

Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for the political aide’s family, suggested that Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim was not able to factually support his contention on the possible cause of Teoh’s death.

Gobind, who stood after government-appointed counsel Tan Hock Chuan had completed questioning Dr Khairul Azman, asked the forensic pathologist if he had measured Teoh’s feet.

When he said he did not as this was not needed in the case, Gobind asked: “So, you couldn’t tell if his shoes were too loose for him as you didn’t measure his feet. In this particular case the shoe was found far away from the body. How far was it?

(Teohs right shoe was off his feet when his remains were found.)

“I didn’t measure,” Dr Khairul Azman, who is a consultant pathologist with Klang Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, said.

Gobind: It’s good to measure isn’t it? You cannot tell us how the shoe got there. You are in no position to tell us!

Dr Khairul Azman: It could have come off when he fell.

Gobind then said that logically, if the shoe was tight, this would not have happened.

When he asked if there was a possibility that Teoh was thrown out first and then the shoe, Dr Khairul Azman replied: “Yes, there is a possibility.”

Gobind: In that case, it is indicative of a homicide. Did you address that possibility?

Dr Khairul Azman: Yes, there is a possibility.

Gobind: Did you test the shoe for fingerprints? Dr Khairul Azman: No

Gobind: Is it significant?

Dr Khairul Azman: Yes

Gobind: Why didn’t you do it?

Dr Khairul Azman: I expected the police to do it.

Gobind: But you didn’t get them to do it because it would have indicated a homicide. Were you covering it up?

Dr Khairul Azman: No, I am not covering up.

Gobind then asked Dr Khairul Azman how he reckoned Teoh had come out of the window and the pathologist stepped out of the witness stand and demonstrated how he thought Teoh had jumped.

(While doing so, he demonstrated how he thought Teoh would have stood on the bottom ledge and gripped its top ledge.)

When Gobind asked Dr Khairul Azman if there would have been shoe prints or hand prints on the window frame if Teoh had jumped off in that manner, the pathologist agreed, adding that there was a possibility the footprints were not noticed.

“You said in your theory that he stood there and jumped. You went there, there were no footprints,” Gobing pointed out.

He suggested that Dr Khairul Azman had given theories that he could not support with facts.

“In this case your theory is demolished. It was not suicide, sir. Your theories come to naught. You are wrong!” said Gobind.

Dr Khairul Azman said he did not agree as one of the reasons there was no footprints was because Teoh had walked on the carpeted floor which had no dust.

Gobind: But you didn’t check.

Dr Khairul Azman: No.

Pathologist: Teoh may have jumped

2009-08-15T10:14:00.000+08:00

By WANI MUTHIAH

SHAH ALAM: Teoh Beng Hock may have committed suicide by jumping out of a 14th floor window of the Plaza Masalam here, a forensic pathologist told the inquest into his death.

Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim, the Klang Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) senior consultant pathologist, said there were signs indicating Teoh may have deliberately jumped out of the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commissions (MACC) office last month.

He was replying to questions posed by government-appointed counsel Tan Hock Chuan on whether Teoh’s death was a homicide, accident or suicide.

Tan: In your opinion based on the post-mortem results, visits to the scene of the incident on July 16 and 22, toxicology and DNA results; is it likely the death of the deceased was a suicide?

Dr Khairul Azman: In my opinion there are signs which indicate this.

Firstly there were no clear signs of a struggle, no bloodstains or things strewn around on the floor, he said.

“A pen (an MACC pen) was also intact in his pocket and there were no MACC officers’ DNA detected in the DNA tests (carried out on his blazer and belt). His injuries did not show any struggle and were consistent with a fall from a high place,” he said.

Dr Khairul Azman also said the death could not have been accidental as “it is highly unlikely for someone with a conscious state of mind to slip and fall while standing by the window”.

“This is because the area is not slippery and is carpeted. However, if going on a probability, we can still think about it because it could happen if the deceased had tried to open the window as wide as possible while feeling sleepy,” said Dr Khairul Azman.

However, he noted that the argument that Teoh had accidentally fallen or slipped and plunged out of the window could be challenged due to the height of the window shoulder, which was about waist high.

“In the event he had fallen, there is a great possibility the deceased would have landed head first or body first,” he said. Forensic investigations indicated Teoh had landed on his feet.

Teoh, who was the political secretary to Selangor executive council member Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead at 1.30pm on July 16, at Plaza Masalam’s fifth floor service corridor.

Dr Khairul Azman also ruled out the possibility that Teoh may have suffocated or been unconscious as toxicology tests indicated he had not been under the influence of common drugs or alcohol.

DNA tests carried out on the bloodstains found on his clothes also revealed that it was his own blood, he said.

On whether Teoh could have been dragged prior to his death, Dr Khairul Azman said there was no clear signs to indicate this.

On the DNA of two unknown males found on Teoh’s belt and blazer that did not match any of the 157 people sampled, Dr Khairul Azman said it could have come from the HTAR mortuary.

“I believe it must have come from contamination when the deceased’s clothes were removed at the mortuary,” he added.

The inquest before coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas continues on Monday.

Teoh inquest Day 8: Pathologist says Teoh may have committed suicide

2009-08-14T10:26:00.000+08:00

Coroner's Inquest will resume Monday morning

SHAH ALAM: There is a possibility that political aide Teoh Beng Hock committed suicide by jumping off a high place, an inquest into his death was told Friday.

Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim, 51, senior medical consultant at the Forensics Department, Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang, said his finding was based on the absence of any signs of a struggle near the window where Teoh was believed to have fallen from the 14th floor office of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at Plaza Masalam here on July 16.

"There was no blood stain, smashed glass or any items scattered near the window and an MACC pen, which was in Teoh's pocket, was still there.

"The DNA test also found no DNA traces from the MACC officers, and the injuries (on Teoh's body) did not show any signs of a struggle and were consistent with a fall, " he said when questioned by government-appointed lawyer Tan Hock Chuan who is assisting in the inquest.

Teoh, 30, who was political secretary to Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on July 16 on the fifth floor corridor of Plaza Masalam, after giving a statement in an investigation into alleged abuse of state government funds.

Questioned by Tan on the possibility of Teoh being suffocated, Dr Khairul said there were no signs that Teoh had suffocated.

He also ruled out the possibility that Teoh's death was accidental as it was hard to believe that someone in a conscious state would slip while standing near the window because the place was not slippery and was carpeted.

"However, there was a possibility that it could have happened when Teoh tried to open the window wide and he was sleepy.

"But this could be questioned because if Teoh had slipped, with the window at his waist level, and fallen, he would have landed in a different position, probably, the head or body first. This is just a possibility, " he added.

Dr Khairul said his findings were based on the post-mortem and toxicology reports, as well as checks at the scene of the incident on July 16 and 22. He said that based on the toxicology report, Teoh was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the incident.

He also told the court that there were several possibilities for a person to fall from a high place.

He could fall accidentally, jump off on his own or be thrown or pushed, he added. - Bernama

The earlier acccount of what happened at the inquest is below.

11.55am: Coroner's Court adjourns, to resume Monday. Dr Khairul will appear again on Monday morning and Dr Prashant will appear Monday afternoon.

11.40am: Gobind argued that Khairul's suicide theory was nought as there were no hand prints or foot prints on the window frame.

11.19am: Gobind Singh Deo cross examines Dr Khairul

11.00am: Court resumes

10.30am: Court takes a short break

10.19am: Tan Hock Chuan: In your opinion, based on post-mortem report, injuries on the deceased, your site visits on July 16 and 22, toxicology reports and DNA reports, is it likely Teoh's death was caused by suicide? Dr Khairul: In my opinion it would likely be that the deceased jumped off. There are signs (of suicide).

10.05am: Dr Khairul says that, in his opinion, there was no conclusive evidence of homicide. He says there were no signs of struggle.

09.25am: Dr Khairul says that he saw no obvious signs that Teoh was dragged.

09.00am: Coroner's Court resumes. Tenth witness Klang Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) senior consultant pathologist Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim is recalled to take the stand.

‘He may have been dragged’

2009-08-14T10:21:00.000+08:00

By WANI MUTHIAH and NURBAITI HAMDAN

SHAH ALAM: Political aide Teoh Beng Hock may have been dragged prior to his death as there were deep graze marks on the sole of his right shoe.

C/Insp Mazli Jusoh, 31, from the Selangor police forensics department told the inquest into Teoh’s death yesterday that this was a possibility.

Insp Mazli said Teoh’s left shoe, however, was not damaged.

He was answering questions posed by counsel Malik Imtiaz Sarwar who is holding a watching brief for the Selangor government.

Malik Imtiaz: “Is there a possibility that the deceased had been dragged?”

Insp Mazli: “No, usually when someone is dragged from behind it will not show on the sole because the feet would be flat down, as he would be using the heel of his shoes to resist.”

Malik Imtiaz: “If he was dragged sideways, is there a possibility (for the graze marks to have occurred)?”

Insp Mazli: “Yes, possibly.”

Teoh, who was the political secretary to Selangor executive council member Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead at 1.30pm on July 16, at Plaza Masalam’s fifth floor service corridor.

He had gone to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office on the 14th floor of the building on July 15, to help with investigations into the disbursement of state funds.

Insp Mazli also said, when he inspected the deceased, he found dirt stains on the back portion of his (Teoh’s) torn pants.

Earlier, he told the inquest that he had taken two swabs each from the MACC’s office window, from which Teoh is believed to have plunged to his death, as well as a sofa on which Teoh had allegedly spent the night.

Insp Mazli also said when he went to the MACC office on July 16, the relevant areas had been secured.

Malik Imtiaz: “So before it was secured, anyone could have gone in? Did you see any footprints near the window?”

Insp Mazli: “I did not see any footprints. If someone had stood there, there would have been a mark due to the dust.”

He added that there were also no visible fingerprints on the window as well, which was dirty and dusty.

Sreekant Pillai, who is also counsel for the Selangor government, asked Insp Mazli if he had looked for fingerprints on Teoh’s body.

“No, there were no instructions given,” said Insp Mazli.

The inquest’s 14th witness, DSP Shahrul Othman Mansor from the Cheras Royal Malaysian Police forensic laboratory, who took the stand after Insp Mazli, testified that he had detected a faint nine-inch (22.9cm) shoe print on the window shoulder, but he did not find out whose print it was.

DSP Shahrul also said he had not checked the window for any fingerprints or tell-tale signs because he had been informed by Investigating Officer ASP Ahmad Nazri Zainal that the Selangor police forensics team had already inspected the place.

However, he added that he noticed that the window’s latch had been recently broken.

The inquest continues today with Klang Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) senior consultant pathologist Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim testifying in the morning.

Cop tells of blank notebook

2009-08-13T17:39:00.000+08:00

By Rita Jong; Jennifer Gomez

SHAH ALAM: There were no notes or records in the notebook of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officer who called Teoh Beng Hock in for questioning.

Teoh was summoned to the MACC office on July 15 and was released after questioning in the early hours of July 16.

The coroner's court, however, was told yesterday that there were no notes of the questioning session in the notebook of the MACC officer assigned to this case.

The 11th witness in the inquest, Inspector Mohd Zulaimi Mohd Zubir, told the inquest he was ordered to seize the "official daily notebook" of the MACC investigating officer who was leading the graft probe.

(Teoh had been called to the MACC as a witness in the probe against several Selangor Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen.)

Zulaimi said he seized the notebook belonging to the investigating officer, Mohd Anuar Ismail, on July 18, two days after Teoh was found dead.

"I made 10 copies of the notebook and had them certified by the MACC deputy director," Zulaimi said to a question by counsel Tan Hock Chuan, who is assisting the Attorney-General's Chambers in the inquest.

Tan: Were there any notes in Anuar's official daily notebook 2009?

Zulaimi: There was only one (entry) on July 8, (on) Wednesday, which states "house/Putrajaya/office Toll RM".

Tan: Were there any notes on July 15 and 16?

Zulaimi: No.

Tan: So, from July 1 to 18, there was only one entry, which was made on July 8?

Zulaimi: Yes.

Tan: Besides Anuar's notebook, did you seize the notebook of any other officer?

Zulaimi: No. I only confiscated Anuar's, but if I am not mistaken, Inspector Shahzrin and Chief Inspector Zakiol did.

Zulaimi, who is also an IO at the Shah Alam district police station, seized the Plaza Masalam closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) hard disk on July 18 to find out the time Teoh had entered the building.

"Teoh came in through the lobby on the 4th floor at 18:08:55 and did not leave the premises," he said.

"I was also instructed by the Shah Alam police chief ACP Noor Azam Jamaludin to seize CCTV recordings between midnight and 7am on July 16 to monitor the movements of MACC officers and other individuals."

He said 47 still pictures were captured from the CCTV images of people walking in and out of the building.

Zulaimi, however, said he did not recognise any of them, but was told by the security guards at Plaza Masalam that they were MACC officers.

The CCTV recordings were later handed to the Forensics Department in Bukit Aman for analysis.

On the day Teoh died, Zulaimi was instructed to go and secure the scene.

He said while he was there, an MACC officer told him that the victim was a witness in a graft probe.

Later when questioned by counsel Gobind Singh Deo, Zulaimi admitted that he did not take the details of the MACC officer who had told him Teoh was a witness.

Gobind: How many MACC officers did you see when you were at the scene?

Zulaimi: About four to five. They were looking from a window of an office premises about five to six feet away from the body.

Gobind: Did you ask them how their witness could have fallen?

Zulaimi: No.

Gobind: Why didn't you ask the identity of the officer who had told you that Teoh was their witness?

Zulaimi: I was not instructed to.

Gobind: Isn't it important to do so?

Zulaimi: Yes. I forgot to do so.

Gobind: Did it ever cross your mind that Teoh could have been pushed or flung out of the building?

Zulaimi: Yes, but after investigations, we learnt that Teoh could have either fallen or was pushed from a window on the 14th floor.

Another witness, Inspector Mohd Zaidi Abu Hassan, of the police's forensic lab, said he was tasked with extracting details from Teoh's Sony Ericson P1i handphone.

Proceedings yesterday ended with Zaidi's testimony.

Police officers of the Crime Scene Investigations Unit in Selangor and Bukit Aman, Chief Inspector Mazli Jusoh and Deputy Superintendent of Police Shaharul Othman are expected to testify today.

第13证人：右鞋底部左侧磨损‧赵明福或遭人拖拽

2009-08-13T15:12:00.000+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）赵明福验尸案今日（週四，8月13日）发现，死者赵明福右鞋鞋底的磨损痕跡，不排除是遭人从侧边拖拽造成。

负责赵明福坠楼现场搜证的第13名证人雪州警察总部鉴证组警官莫哈末玛兹里首席警长，週四早上在雪州代表律师马力英迪雅盘问下作出上述供证。

他形容，赵明福右鞋鞋底前侧鞋层剥落，而底部左前侧出现白色的摩擦痕跡，而靠近鞋根处出现破损。

在马力英迪雅询问鞋底出现磨损痕跡是否因死者遭人拖拽导致，莫哈末玛兹里起初坚决否定此可能性。

“如果死者是遭人从后拖，因鞋跟阻碍，摩擦的痕跡应该留在鞋根上，不会在鞋底。”

但在马力英迪雅进一步追问，如果从侧边拖拉是否会造成鞋底磨损下，后者才点头表示，不排除有此可能性。

至於白色的摩擦痕跡，莫哈末玛兹里说，本身无法確定该痕跡从何处沾染，而本身也没针对此展开任何检验。

无法寻获右鞋剥落表层

至於右鞋前端剥落的表层，莫哈末玛兹里承认这是此案重要线索之一，但是在他多处搜索下，依然无法寻获。

“虽然如此，案发当天，我在案发现场玛莎兰大厦多的14楼窗户处、臥尸地点5楼、楼梯处、停车场、花丛等地方搜索，但依然找不到剥落表层。”

表面也遍寻不获

同样遍寻不著也包括死者佩戴的手表，现场只寻获表带与表扣，表面遍寻不获。

另外，针对鞋底磨损露出的纤维，莫哈末玛兹里指出，当天在案发现场检验时，他判定露出的纤维为鞋子布料之一。

但是，他也承认並没有针对有关纤维进行进一步鉴定，因此如要確认纤维的出处，必须送交鞋子原厂鉴定。

14楼窗户满是污垢灰尘
无法採集指纹与鞋印

莫哈末玛兹里也透露，怀疑为赵明福坠楼地点的玛莎兰大厦14楼窗户，並没有採集到任何指纹样本与鞋印。

他指出，案发当日当他抵达玛莎兰大厦后，查案官阿末纳兹里向他作出匯报，並透露怀疑死者从14楼一扇敞开的窗户处坠落，因此他率先前往14楼检验该窗户。

他形容该窗户距离地面3呎3寸，而宽度则有2呎10寸，窗户下的墻壁，壁面上以肉眼观察並没有出现任何痕跡。

“不过，我发现该窗户凹陷、窗的开关把手断裂，同时內部镜面铺满污垢，而窗框也满是灰尘。”

他补充，当时他在窗户上採集指纹，但因窗户都是污垢与灰尘，因此无法採集到指纹。

现场没找到任何脚印

虽然他在接受马力英迪雅盘问时指该14楼窗户可打开45度，足以让常人跨出，但是基於窗户窗框上的灰尘满布，如果有任何人踩踏都会留下脚印，而他在现场却没有找到任何脚印。

他补充，在14楼窗户周遭区域只在两处进行样本採集，分別从窗户及被指死者赵明福曾躺臥的沙发上，各採取了4个样本。

不知有反贪会办事处
没前往15楼搜证

虽然莫哈末玛兹里负责现场搜证，但在马力英迪雅盘问下却发现，有部份相关搜证与检验並没有完成。

他在供证时承认，基於本身不知道反贪污委员会在15楼也有办事处，因此没有前往15楼搜证。

没採集死者衣服腰带指纹

同时也没採集在死者衣服、腰带上的指纹，连死者右鞋底的白色摩擦痕跡也没加以检验与追查。

而在总检察署代表律师陈福泉询问下，莫哈末玛兹里解释，本身的职务只是负责现场搜证，並不包括检验尸体。

但在陈福泉追问检验尸体是谁的职务时，他却说：“我不清楚……”

赵明福裤子后方撕裂
14楼窗户找不到长裤纤维

针对赵明福裤子后方的撕裂痕跡，莫哈末玛兹里强调，他並没有在14楼窗户附近找到任何相关长裤纤维。

他在律师公会旁听律师黄天成询问下表示，以肉眼判断，玛莎兰大厦外墻平滑，並没有任何突出或尖锐的地方，可勾破死者裤子。

另一方面，基於死者臥尸在玛莎兰大厦5楼，而死者裤子后方撕裂处出现污跡，他推测与臥尸处凹陷地面出现的污跡有所关联，所以也採取该地面样本。

第14证人：赵明福坠楼后3天‧窗户下方发现一鞋印

2009-08-13T15:09:00.001+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）赵明福坠楼事件发生3天后，回到现场搜查的沙鲁奥曼副警监表示，他在雪州反贪污委员会的窗户下方，发现一道不明显的鞋印，但没有进一步追查这是谁的鞋印。

沙鲁奥曼是验尸庭传召的第14证人，他今日（週四，8月13日）在总检察署代表律师陈福泉的引导下供证说，这个鞋印的长度为9吋，並表示他的队员没有进一步追查是谁的鞋印。

不过，第13证人莫哈末玛兹里却透露，怀疑为赵明福坠楼地点的玛莎兰大厦14楼窗户，並没有採集到任何指纹样本与脚印。

沙鲁奥曼说：“我在7月19日去到位於玛莎兰大厦14楼的雪州反贪委会办公室搜证，我们搜查窗户附近区域时，没有使用器具。

“因为据我瞭解，雪州鑑证组早前已在这个区域搜证，而且在案发3天后，证据可能已受污染（pencemaran）。”

他指出，他们在窗户附近区域搜证时，没发现损坏、刮花及挣扎留下的痕跡，也没找到任何证物。

他表示，窗户区域在案发后已被封锁，但非整个办公室。

窗开关把手已断裂

他表示，当时窗户本身没有上锁，但窗子开关把手已断裂，他过后指示队员將剩下的把手扣拆下作为证物。

他说，他们没有在窗户採集指纹，因为雪州鑑证组已採集过有关样本。

他指出，窗户的长度为132公分，宽度为82公分，他们回到怀疑是赵明福坠楼的窗户搜证，是为了找到可以作为调查用途的关键证物。

搜证盘问地点没任何发现
没在会议室採集指纹

沙鲁奥曼指出，他们於今年7月19日到雪州反贪委会搜证时，只是在反贪委会的办公室搜证，没有去到赵明福臥尸的5楼露台。

他表示，要进出反贪委会办公室，需要使用通行卡，但他们没有列印出7月15及16日的出入记录。

他表示，在5时30分许，他们在反贪委会官员莫哈末安努尔及查案官阿末纳兹里助理警监的陪同下，首先在反贪委会的办公室大门搜证。

“我们过后到主要会议室，安努尔告知，这是盘问赵明福的地点，在这里，我们使用多重波长灯搜证，以找出血跡或毛髮，但没有任何发现……我们没有在会议室採集指纹。

“我们也到另一间房间搜查，安努尔证实，这是为死者录口供的房间，里头有一张桌子及2张面对面的椅子，同样是没有发现。”

他指出，他们前往搜查会议室时，门是打开的，没有封锁，但不確定反贪委会官员是否有使用会议室。

他指出，他们也被告知赵明福在一张沙发上用餐，但没有告知用餐时间。

另外，他指出，他们也有检查赵明福的休旅车，车內乾净及整齐，惟他们没有任何发现。

Teoh inquest (Day 7): Possibility that Teoh was dragged (Update)

2009-08-13T10:41:00.000+08:00

12.28pm: Court adjourns to 8.30am tomorrow after all witnesses present took the stand.

Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family, is expected to cross examine the witnesses tomorrow as he was not present in court today. Malik Imtiaz stood in for Gobind.

11.30am: Court resumes and calls Deputy Supt Shahrul Othman from the Royal Malaysian Police forensics laboratory to take the stand.

10.50am: Court in recess.

10.40am: Insp Mazli says that based on scratch marks on the sole of Teoh’s shoes, there is a possibility that he (Teoh) was dragged.

10.30am: To a question by Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, who is representing the Selangor Government, Insp Mazli says there were no footsteps found on the 14th floor window sill.

“I have checked. The place is dusty. If someone had set foot there, there must be shoe prints,” says Insp Mazli.

10am: Insp Mazli says he took two swabs each from the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office’s 14th floor window and the sofa which Teoh had allegedly slept on.

9am: Inquest starts with two crime scene investigators from the Selangor police to testify.

First to take the stand is Chief Inspector Mazli Jusoh.

SHAH ALAM: The inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock before Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas enters Day 7 Thursday.

Wednesday the coroner’s court heard of video footage from closed-circuit television at Plaza Masalam showing Teoh entering the building through the fourth floor lobby at 6.09pm on July 15.

The recording, however, did not show him leaving the building after that or the following morning, according to 11th witness police officer Insp Mohd Zulaimi Zubir from the Shah Alam police headquarters’ crime department.

Insp Mohd Zulaimi said he obtained recordings for between midnight on July 15 and 7am the following morning, and had seized the CCTV’s hard disk on July 17 to be sent to the Bukit Aman forensics department the following day.

The department was able to retrieve 47 images.

The inquest ended with 12th witness Mohd Zaidi Abu Hassan from the Polis DiRaja Malaysia forensics laboratory.

It is not known yet if both Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim, senior consultant at Forensics Department Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah and UMMC forensic pathologist Dr Prashant Samberkar are well enough to testify as they called in sick Wednesday.

Teoh, 30, political secretary to Selangor Exco Ean Yong Hian Wah was found dead on July 16 on level 5 of Plaza Masalam after giving a statement as a witness into alleged abuse of state government allocation at the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission office.

电眼画面显示午夜至7时‧“赵明福有进无出”

2009-08-12T16:24:00.001+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）调查赵明福死因的验尸庭今日（週三，8月12日）被告知，玛莎兰大厦的闭路电视画面显示，在7月16日午夜12时至7时之间，赵明福没被拍到离开玛莎兰大厦。

沙亚南警区总部刑事调查组警官莫哈末朱莱米警长指出，画面也显示，死者於7月15日傍晚6时08分被带到这间大厦。

无法认出官员是否进出

“至於在7月16日午夜12时至7时之间，是否有雪州反贪污委员会的官员进出玛莎兰大厦，我就无法认出，因为我不认识这些官员，但这座大厦保安人员过后还是协助我们认人。”

莫哈末朱莱米是验尸庭的第11证人。他週三在总检察署代表律师陈福泉的引导下供证说，虽然画面没有拍到赵明福的正面，但他还是可以凭死者的黑身外套认出死者出现在后方的位置。

他表示，在玛莎兰大厦维修部人员及闭路电视供应商的协助下，警方一共列印出47张7月16日午夜12时至7时之间的闭路电视画面。

他说，在案发后，他受到沙亚南警区总部主任诺阿占助理总监的指示，回到玛莎兰大厦扣押（rampas）闭路电视的硬盘（hard disk）。

鑑证组系统无法播放

他指出，此举的目的是为了確认赵明福何时抵达玛莎兰大厦，以及在7月16日午夜12时至7时之间，是否有任何雪州反贪委会官员或其他人曾进出大厦。

他表示，他过后將硬盘交给武吉阿曼警察总部鑑证组的阿米尔鲁丁警长作分析，但却被告知鑑证组的系统无法播放这些硬盘所储存的画面。

他指出，阿米尔鲁丁的电脑可以播放画面，但却法列印这些画面，原因是尚需安装特別的软体，过后他们在玛莎兰大厦维修部人员及闭路电视供应商的协助下完成列印工作。

证人：值勤记录簿7月1至18仅一笔记录‧调查官没记录盘问明福事

2009-08-12T16:21:00.000+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）莫哈末朱莱米警长指出，调查雪州行政议员欧阳捍华选区拨款弊案的一名反贪委会调查官莫哈末安努尔，其每日值勤记录簿於2009年7月1至18日期间，只有一笔记录。

马新社指出，这名调查官也负责盘问赵明福，换言之，他没有將盘问赵明福的事项记录在案。

证人莫哈末朱莱米表示，这笔记录的日期为7月8日，写著：“屋子/布城/办公室及收费站令吉。”

“我们在7月18日下午3时回到雪州反贪委会办公室，我们取走了官员的每日值勤记录簿，其中10本是副本，但这些副本皆有雪州反贪委会副主任的证明，我取走的是莫哈末安努尔的原版记录簿。”

总检察署代表律师陈福泉表示，莫哈末安努尔是调查欧阳捍华的一名反贪委会调查官。

他指出，根据莫哈末安努尔的每日值勤记录簿，在7月15及16日皆没有任何记录，在7月1至18日期间，也只有一笔记录。

第11证人：没索取个人资料‧“忘记向认出死者官员录供”

2009-08-12T16:14:00.000+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）第11证人莫哈末朱莱米警长今日（週三，8月12日）表示，当一名反贪污委员会官员向他指出死者赵明福是反贪委会的证人时，他却“忘记”向有关官员录取口供。

他说，他没有向这名官员索取个人资料，迄今也无法认出这名官员是谁。

他表示，他之所以没有询问这名官员，是因为他只是被指示维持案发现场，不让外人进入。

声称只根据指示做事

他週三在验尸庭上接受赵明福家属代表律师哥宾星盘问时说，这名官员是通过窗口的镜子看到死者的脸部，因而认出死者就是他们的证人赵明福。

哥宾星表示，既然有人认出死者，对警方而言有关人士就是重要人物，但为何他却没有向这名官员录取口供或询问其个人身份时，莫哈末朱莱米表示，他只是根据指示做事。

哥宾星显然不满意这个答案，並进一步追问，莫哈末朱莱米竟表示，他忘了要这么做。

他在哥宾星的引导下供证时说，之后他也没有问其他官员那名指出赵明福就是证人的官员身份。

此外，莫哈末朱莱米表示，在见到死者后，一开始他確实有想过死者是否被人推下楼或拋下楼，不过，在查案官指出死者可能是从14楼其中一个窗口跌下来之后，他就没有再多想。

首度使用投影器及萤幕

为了方便证人供证，验尸庭准备了投影器及荧幕，以播放玛莎兰大厦的闭路电视画面，这是调查赵明福死因的验尸庭，首度使用投影器及荧幕。

第11证人莫哈末朱莱米警长是首个通过影像在验尸庭供证的证人，他在协助调查这宗案件时，是负责收集闭路电视的画面。

投影器及荧幕接下来还需派上用场，因为验尸庭接下来还要传召鑑证组人员，以进一步鑑定在闭路电视画面中出现的人物。

证人：电眼或拍到物体坠落
未向私人办公室索影带

莫哈末朱莱米表示，虽然案发现场玛莎兰大厦內5至14楼的私人办公室內的闭路电视（CCTV）有可能拍到窗外是否有物体坠落，但他並没有向有关人员索取闭路电视录影带查看。

他指出，他们只是查看了玛莎兰大厦入口及停车场的闭路电视录影带。

“我主要是看午夜12时至早上7时有谁进出大厦，因为死者最后一次被人看见是在早上6时，我们要看在那之后是否有反贪委会的官员进入大厦，並知道死者已经死亡。”

他说，所有在午夜12时至早上7时进出大厦的人员都被拍下照片作为记录。

此外，他在律师公会代表拉斯巴星引导供证时说，他並没有接触过尸体。

他说，他只是吩咐一名警员把遮盖尸体的黑色塑胶袋打开，而刚好这时候反贪委会的官员到场，並认出死者。

他表示，他並不是在反贪委会官员的吩咐下打开塑胶袋，一切只是时机刚好。

他指出，根据闭路电视录影带显示，赵明福进入反贪委会时，並没有携带任何文件或包包，只是手拿一台手机。

第12证人鉴证组分析员：
明福手机时间日期无误

第12证人警察科学鉴证组的商业罪案电脑调查助理分析员莫哈末再迪指出，他调查赵明福的手机时，该手机的时间和日期都准確不误。

拉斯巴星盘问证人时说，手机的时间没有快10分钟或慢10分钟，而哥宾星则没有针对手机课题发问。

莫哈末再迪指出，他於7月21日接受查案官纳兹理助理警监的指示，调查一个索尼爱立信的手机，该手机有1张晶片、记忆卡和电磁。

盘问10分钟內结束

赵明福的手机一度被视为重要的线索，惟针对第12证人的盘问，却在短短的10分钟內结束。

总检查署代表阿峇沙菲里较后透露，他们日后不会在庭上公佈赵明福手机的短讯內容，因为大部份属於私人短讯。

週四（8月13日）验尸庭將传召来自雪州科学鉴证组玛兹里首席警长和武吉阿曼科学鉴证组沙鲁副警监，以及两名法医。

哥宾星：有重要课题可挑起

另外，赵明福家属代表律师哥宾星在离开法庭时披露，听了证人的供证后，確实有重要的课题可以被挑起，惟现阶段不便透露。

他说，双方已针对闭路电视的画面盘问证人；他希望，週四两名法医可以出庭供证。

警长：多设在停车场及入口处‧命案现场无闭路电视

2009-08-12T13:30:00.000+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）验尸庭第11证人莫哈末朱莱米警长今日（週三，8月12日）指出，位於玛莎兰大厦的5楼露台的命案现场，並没有装置闭路电视。

他在总检察署代表律师陈福泉的引导下供证说：“这间大厦的闭路电视多数设在停车场、4楼大厅和进入购物中心的入口处。”

他指出，他也被告知，闭路电视仅在有人或物体移动时，才会录下影像。

他说，他在7月16日下午2时02分接投报指，发现一名相信已死亡的华裔男子伏在玛莎兰大厦5楼，因此，他和另外两名警员一同前往现场。

他说，他抵达现场时发现，有4名警员在场，而尸体则用相信是被撕开的垃圾袋覆盖，並用数块砖头压著。

“当我掀开塑料袋看见尸体时，相信死者是一名华裔男子，伏向右边，嘴巴和鼻子上有快干的血液，相信死亡已久。”

他指出，数名相信事反贪污委员会的官员指出，该尸体是他们的一名证人，当时他並不知道这些官员的名字。

他说，死者身穿深色外套、白裤、蓝色衬衫及白色裤子，其中一只鞋已脱落，惟不確定是哪一边的鞋子。

莫哈末朱莱米说，他向上司匯报，並接获指示在通知鉴证人员和维持秩序，不让闲杂人进入。

向反贪委会索资料
死者无犯罪记录

莫哈末朱莱米说，在7月16日下午3时10分，他到位在14楼的雪州反贪委会办公室索取死者的详情，当时他取得赵明福的身份证和名字，以调查其背景，惟死者没有任何犯罪记录。

他说，他也在下午4时与这间大厦维修人员有盖停车场的办公室看闭路电视画面。

他表示，他在晚上7时40回到臥尸的5楼露台，协助搬运尸体，尸体是以运货电梯（cargo lift）运下楼。

他指出，尸体於晚上9时被顺利运离玛莎兰大厦。

他表示，当尸体被警方的四轮驱动车运送至巴生中央医院时，他和查案官则开警车跟隨在后，至晚上10时30分，他们才完成任务。

Inquest (Day 5): Death due to fall, no injuries of struggle or self-defense

2009-08-12T10:47:00.000+08:00

3pm: The inquest adjourns to Wednesday.

1.03pm: Court breaks off for lunch.

12.43pm: Dr Khairul: Based on the bad smell of the body, Teoh could have died less than 36 hrs before the post mortem. Post mortem was done at about noon on July 17.

Replying to Tan Hock Guan, the government-appointed lawyer assisting the inquest, Dr Khairul said the post mortem showed no obvious injuries of struggle.

There were no obvious injuries of self defense that could be seen on Teoh except for the injuries due to the impact of the fall, he said.

12.25pm: Dr Khairul: Cause of death due to multiple injuries as a result of fall from a high place. Teoh landed on his feet and slanted to the right based on broken ribs.

Reporters and members of the public stand up to see Dr Khairul demonstrating the position Teoh could have landed on the ground.

11.33am: Court resumes with Dr Khairul's report. Teoh's body had several lacerations and fractures.

10.40am: Court in recess.

10.05am: Coroner Azmil asks Dr Khairul whether he can read autopsy report in English as requested by interested parties so that no details are left out. Dr Khairul had carried out a second autopsy on Teoh.

Reading his report, Dr Khairul said Teoh sustained multiple injuries mostly to the right side of his body. A bone fragment was found in a sock worn by Teoh on his right foot.

9.30am: Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim, 51, senior consultant at Forensics Department Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, called to the stand.

SHAH ALAM: The inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock resumes Tuesday.

Monday’s hearing was cut short to allow pathologists and forensics experts to test two stains on the stairway between level 14 and 15 of Plaza Masalam.

Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for Teoh's family told reporters Monday, that the stains were not blood.

Results of the tests on the stains are expected to be made known in court Tuesday before Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas.

Teoh, 30, political secretary to Selangor Exco Ean Yong Hian Wah was found dead on July 16 on level 5 of Plaza Masalam after giving a statement as a witness into alleged abuse of state government allocation at the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission office.

In other developments, Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand, Director of the Central Institute of Forensic Science, Thailand, whose expertise had been requested by the state administration, would not be at the inquest.

She would be represented by her associates Dr Triyarith Temahivong, Chief of Clinical Forensic Medicine at the institute, and Police Lft. Col. Somchai Chailermsooksant, forensic scientist and Chief of the institute’s Crime Scene Unit.

Last week, DNA scientist Dr Seah Lay Hong told the court that it was possible that force was exerted on Teoh just before he died, suggesting that his death could be “not accidental”.

She said it was a hypothesis that force was applied at the tear region of the belt worn by Teoh in order for the rupture to occur.

Dr Seah, of the Chemistry Department, said it was “one of the many possibilities” that Teoh may have been held back by the belt for the tear to have occurred.

Dr Seah also said that swabs from Teoh’s damaged belt had the DNA of two other unknown males apart from his own. One of the unknown males was tagged as Male 1.

The DNA profiles of 157 individuals were compared with that of the two unknown males but none of them matched, she said.

Dr Seah also said that DNA profiles from swabs taken from the back outer side of a blazer consisted of a mix of male DNA types matching that of Teoh and Male 1.

Pathologist: Teoh' s death caused by fall

2009-08-12T10:43:00.000+08:00

By WANI MUTHIAH and NURBAITI HAMDAN

SHAH ALAM: Teoh Beng Hock died of multiple injuries caused by a fall from a high place and the post-mortem showed no signs of defensive injuries or a struggle, an inquest into his death was told.

Senior consultant pathologist Dr Khairul Azman, 51, said the political aide had 22 fractures, abrasions and bruises when the post-mortem was conducted on him on July 17.

However, according to Dr Khairul Azman, of the Klang Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, none of these injuries indicated that Teoh had sustained them either in a struggle or by defending himself in an attack.

“The injuries detected on Teoh were consistent with impact due to a fall from a high place. Death was also due to multiple injuries caused by fall from a high place,” said the pathologist, who conducted the post-mortem together with Universiti Malaya Medical Centre’s forensic pathologist Dr Prashant Samberkar.

He was also of the view that Teoh had landed on his feet and crashed onto the right side of his body, judging from the impact injuries sustained on his right torso and limbs.

A small piece of bone fragment was also found in Teoh’s right sock and his right leg was also found to have become shorter than his left.

Dr Khairul Azman then demonstrated to the court how he believes Teoh might have landed on the ground after the fall.

Replying to questions posed by lawyer Tan Hock Chuan, who is appointed by the Government to assist coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, Dr Khairul Azman said Teoh could have died less than 36 hours (a day and a half) before the post-mortem (conducted about noon on July 17), based on the odour and state of rigor mortis.

Teoh, 30, was found dead at 1.30pm on July 16, which was a day after he had gone to the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission office located on the 14th and 15th floor of Plaza Masalam near here.

His body was found on the fifth floor. He had been summoned to go there to help investigations into the disbursement of state funds.

Dr Khairul Azman told the inquest that besides fractures in his legs and arms, there were also fractures in Teoh’s skull, neck and jawbone.

Teoh had severe damage to his chest cavity, which was filled with blood.

He had also broken almost all his ribs and had serious damage to the protective ribcage layer that covered his heart.

“There was a lot of internal bleeding in several parts of his body as well as under his skin,” he added.

On another matter, Dr Khairul Azman said it was not a common practice for him to conduct a post-mortem with another pathologist.

“Then why did you perform the post-mortem with Dr Prashant?” asked Tan.

Dr Khairul Azman replied: “The post-mortem was conducted with Dr Prashant due to the request made by his brother Teoh Meng Kee who wanted Dr Prashant to be present.”

Earlier, Gobind Singh Deo, who is representing Teoh’s family, protested that Dr Khairul Azman testified in Bahasa Malaysia although he had written his post-mortem report in English.

Gobind said many crucial points could be lost in the impromptu verbal translation done by Dr Khairul Azman while testifying.

However, Tan argued, saying: “It’s not right to force someone to speak in a language he’s not comfortable with.”

Azmil Muntapha then told Dr Khairul Azman that he was not being compelled to speak in English but urged him to ascertain that nothing was lost in translation.

Dr Khairul Azman agreed to read directly from his report.

The inquest continues today.

Stains at MACC office not blood

2009-08-11T10:51:00.000+08:00

By WANI MUTHIAH and NURBAITI HAMDAN

SHAH ALAM: The dried brownish red substance found at the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office at Plaza Masalam here is not blood.

Lawyer Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for the family of deceased political aide Teoh Beng Hock, told reporters yesterday that preliminary tests had confirmed that the stains were not blood.

“They have told us that there is a possibility that it is anti-rust paint that looks like blood. But this is subject to confirmation by laboratory tests,” said Gobind.

He said the report on the findings was expected to be presented at the inquest today.

Government DNA profiling expert Dr Seah Lay Hong conducted the preliminary test on the substance and will be carrying out further tests to identify it.

The stains were discovered in several areas in the premises during a site inspection last Friday.

Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas as well as lawyers representing the Government, Teoh’s family, the Selangor state government and the Bar Council went to the MACC’s office on the 14th and 15th floor of the building on Friday.

They also visited the 5th floor service corridor where Teoh’s remains were found on June 16, a day after he was questioned by the MACC over the disbursement of state funds.

Earlier in the day when the inquest started, Gobind had applied for tests to be carried out to determine whether the stains were blood.

Azmil allowed the application, which was not objected to by Tan Hock Chuan, who is the government-appointed lawyer assisting the coroner.

Also at the inquest yesterday morning were associates of renowned Thai forensic pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand, who is the director of the Central Institute of Forensic Science, Thailand.

The two – Dr Triyarith Temahivong, Chief of Clinical Forensic Medicine at the institute and Police Lt-Col Somchai Chailermsooksant, forensic scientist and the institute’s Crime Scene chief – also examined the premises yesterday.

The state government had also enlisted the services of local forensics consultant Supt (R) Amidon Anan who was at the scene with Dr Seah and the two Thai experts.

The two experts, who arrived on Sunday, spent the entire day going through the relevant photographs as well as DNA and forensic reports.

妹妹：明福死得不明不白‧“赵家仍走不出悲痛”

2009-08-10T16:37:00.000+08:00

（马六甲）赵明福的妹妹丽兰週日（8月9日）晚上代表家人在行动党逾2000人大集会上含泪指出，赵家至今仍无法走出悲痛。

她在唸出演词时，现场鸦雀无声，洋溢几分伤感，尤其是赵明福的双亲和兄妹，更是禁不住抽泣。

赵家的感言全文如下：

我们的至亲明福离开我们已25天，我们仍然无法走出悲痛。

我们无法接受他死得不明不白，我们也於7月28日会见首相纳吉时，亲自告诉他，明福不是，也不会自杀。

政府必须成立一个全面的皇家调查委员会，彻查明福的死因，让真相早日大白，还明福公道。

感谢各造关怀支持

我仅代表家人借此机会，感谢世界各地的朋友及全国人民、团体组织、不分政党、种族及宗教，给予我们的关怀、鼓励及支持。

我们尤其要特別感谢民主行动党在治丧期间及过后，全力协助我们。我们也要感谢我们的远亲郭金福夫妇自7月16日以来，一直在关心及协助我们。

明福是我们赵家的骄傲，我们感到欣慰，因为他也成为人民的骄傲。

当他的孩子长大懂事后，我们会告诉他，他的爸爸明福是我们的骄傲，国家的好公民，也是人民的骄傲。

谢谢！

Videos of Teoh's inquest on A-G’s Chambers website

2009-08-09T11:13:00.000+08:00

PETALING JAYA: Videos of the inquest into Teoh Beng Hock’s death are now available on the Attorney General’s Chambers website.

A total of eight videos have been uploaded to the website, together with statement notes of the inquest.

The notes contain transcripts of the inquest and the names of the key personnel involved.

There are two videos from the first day of the inquest and three videos from the second day, along with statement notes.

A total of three videos are available from the third day of the inquest.

However, no statement notes were provided. The public can access the videos at www.agc.gov.my.

Cops urged to conduct further probe

2009-08-08T11:17:00.000+08:00

SHAH ALAM: The police have been asked to conduct further investigations on several new areas and items found during a visit by parties involved in the inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock.

Gobind Singh Deo, who is leading the team that is holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family, said several areas and items were identified as significant and which would assist in the inquest into Teoh’s death.

However, Gobind declined to divulge more details on the new findings when asked to elaborate.

Speaking to reporters outside the Plaza Masalam after the visit yesterday, he said:

“In the event we find that the expert witnesses (who are scheduled to testify next week) require time to conduct more investigations, we will not hesitate to make an application to the coroner for orders to that effect.”

Gobind also expressed disappointment that investigations only revolved around the theories of death caused by a fall from a high building and suicide, and not any other possibilities.

Lim Lip Eng, another lawyer holding a watching brief for the family, claimed that some blood-like stains were found at the back staircase linking the main Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office on the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam to the 15th floor of the building.

Lim had gone to the building for site inspection with coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, court officials, police personnel and lawyers representing the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Teoh’s family, Selangor state government and Bar Council.

The lawyer also claimed that similar stains were also found in one of the 15th floor MACC offices. He said this was a disturbing turn of events given that inquests must only begin when all investigations had been concluded.

Parties view Teoh’s death site

2009-08-08T11:14:00.000+08:00

By WANI MUTHIAH and NURBAITI HAMDAN

SHAH ALAM: Parties involved in the inquest into Teoh Beng Hock’s death, led by coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, visited the site where the political aide was found dead in Plaza Masalam here.

During the two-hour visit, Azmil Muntapha and the legal teams viewed the visitors lounge, pantry, the sofa on which Teoh allegedly slept on and the interrogation room where he was questioned in the Selangor branch of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office.

Lawyers representing Teoh’s family, the state government and Bar Council, started arriving in groups from 9.10am.

When Azmil Muntapha arrived, he headed for the 14th floor of the building where lawyers, court officials and police were waiting at the MACC office.

Not long after, pressmen who waited outside the building saw coroner and lawyers peering out of the window from which Teoh purportedly fell.

The entourage later took the staircase to the 15th floor where part of the MACC office was located.

At 10.50am, inquest officials headed towards the fifth-floor corridor of Plaza Masalam where Teoh’s body was found on July 16.

After spending some time there, they took the stairs to the fourth floor of the building to the security control room.

Lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, representing the state government, told reporters that the lawyers took the opportunity to see the site from every possible angle and were given the chance to take photographs.

“We were also taken to see the CCTV footages in the control room. We have seen the place where the death occurred and now we’ll wait for the forensics experts to take the stand next week,” he said.

Teoh, 30, was found dead on the fifth floor of the building after he was interviewed by the MACC, which has its state office on the 14th floor.

The political secretary to Selangor exco member Ean Yong Hian Wah was reported to have been a witness in an investigation into the alleged abuse of constituency development funds by several Selangor Pakatan Rakyat state assemblymen.

The inquest continues on Monday.

Kabinet putus nama Teoh pada anaknya

2009-08-07T14:25:00.000+08:00

Keputusan sama ada akan membenarkan nama mendiang Teoh Beng Hock diletakkan sebagai bapa dalam surat beranak anaknya yang sedang dalam kandungan tunangnya, akan dibuat oleh Kabinet.

Pada masa ini, kerajaan masih mengkaji implikasi dari sudut perundangan sekiranya membenarkan nama Teoh diletakkan sebagai bapa dalam surat beranak anaknya, kata Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Mahmood Adam.

Beliau memberitahu Bernama pejabat peguam negara telah diarah untuk mengkaji perkara itu dan keputusannya akan diketahui tidak lama lagi.

Teoh, 30, setiausaha politik kepada exco kerajaan Selangor, Ean Yong Hian Wah, ditemui mati pada 16 Julai lalu di tingkat lima Plaza Masalam di Shah Alam, sehari sebelum beliau mendaftarkan perkahwinannya dengan Soh Cher Wai.

Sebelum ditemui mati, Teoh memberi keterangan sebagai saksi siasatan penyalahgunaan wang kerajaan negeri Selangor kepada Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) Selangor yang berpejabat di plaza itu.

Soh, 28, seorang guru di Semenyih, Selangor, kini hamil dua bulan, dan telah membuat permohonan untuk meletakkan nama Teoh dalam surat beranak anaknya.

"Kita terpaksa berhati-hati dan mengkaji kes ini secara mendalam kerana ia memberi implikasi yang besar kelak," kata Mahmood.

Apa jua hasilnya, keputusan akhir akan dibuat oleh kabinet, katanya.

Bernama dimaklumkan Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) menerima banyak permohonan seumpama itu setiap tahun daripada wanita yang tidak berkahwin dan permohonan mereka ditolak kerana jabatan itu memerlukan sijil nikah sebagai bukti sebelum seseorang anak itu didaftarkan.

Sumber JPN berkata sekiranya nama bapa bayi diletakkan dalam surat beranak tanpa mengesahkan ibubapa bayi itu yang sebenar, ia akan menimbulkan komplikasi di kemudian hari terhadap kanak-kanak itu dan keluarganya terutama dalam pertikaian pembahagian harta.

重返命案现场2新发现‧楼梯间小房找到“血跡”

2009-08-07T13:33:00.000+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）在“赵明福验尸案”进入第3天当儿，代表死者家属律师哥宾星揭露，各造在重返命案现场玛莎兰大厦勘察时，有两大新发现！

儘管查案官赵明福家属、雪州政府或大马律师公会的代表律师皆默契十足，绝口不提有甚么新发现，但代表赵明福家属的其中一名律师林立迎指出，他们一行人在命案现场勘查时，他察觉到数摊类似血液的污跡。

官员都答不上来

他指出，他们一行人由14楼的雪州反贪污委员会办公室走上15楼时，他在15楼的楼梯口，发现一摊长约2呎、类似血液的污跡。

“我们过后询问也在场的雪州反贪污委员会主任嘉化及查案官阿末纳兹里那污跡为何物时，他们都答不上来，查案官也表示之前没有化验这摊污跡。”

林立迎说，15楼是雪州反贪委会的情报单位，他们发现情报单位的办公室被分隔成许多小房间。

他表示，他们透过小房间的玻璃窗察看里头的情况，在靠近柜台的其中一间小房间，他发现这间小房间的木门，有大片类似血液的污跡，门旁的墙上也有。

警方未完成调查报告

“雪州反贪委会主任及查案官无法回答这些污跡究竟为何，但查案官承诺化验这些类似血液的污跡。”

林立迎表示，虽然警方已抽取157个人的脱氧核糖核酸（DNA）样本，但警方目前仍在抽取其他人的样本，这说明验尸庭虽然已在审讯，但警方却还在展开调查工作。

警方与媒体玩“捉迷藏”

“赵明福验尸案”週五（8月7日）移师到命案现场，验尸官阿兹米尔在警方陪同下，於週五早上9时35分从绵绵细雨中出发；不过，在约2个小时的勘察过程中，警方不断与媒体玩“捉迷藏”的游戏，让媒体在玛莎兰大厦5楼、14楼和15楼之间疲於奔命。

从法庭出发到抵达命案现场，警方频频使出调虎离山之计，更出动镇暴队一起到现场“维持秩序”；大批国內外媒体从早上8时开始在现场鵠候，但全程只能在各楼层的玻璃门外闪起闪光灯，无法隨队跟拍或採访。

媒体合作互通报

验尸官甫抵达现场后，马上进入大厦管理室逗留约10分钟，然后由查案官阿末纳兹里助理警监领路，移步到雪州反贪委会总部位於14楼的办公室。

整个勘察队伍较后在神不知，鬼不觉的情况下，从14楼的后门楼梯通往反贪委会15楼的办公室进行勘察；5楼办公室外的露台是赵明福被发现臥尸的地方。

虽然媒体兵分两路分別驻守在大厦5楼、14楼和15楼门外，但碍於勘察工作以闭门方式进行，媒体根本无从猜测到勘察队伍的行踪，只能四处乱闯。

在毫无头绪的情况下，媒体积极发挥合作精神，只要发现勘察队伍的行踪，就马上大喊公告天下，把整栋大厦搞的热闹异常！

躲避摄记追拍
验尸官调虎离山

由於各造代表律师週四（8月6日）曾接获验尸庭所发出的“封口令”，禁止透露验尸庭週五重返命案现场的集合时间与地点，因此，媒体只好兵分两路驻守在沙亚南法庭和玛莎兰大厦，避免错过任何精彩的镜头；岂料，验尸官为了不让摄记捕捉到他出发到命案现场的镜头，三度使出调虎离山计，把媒体玩得团团转。

媒体在週五早上9时聚集在法庭时，负责验尸庭协调工作的警员依斯迈尔助理警监告诉记者，验尸官和眾律师已自行前往命案现场；不过，碍於警员的神情怪异，媒体对其说法存疑，继续留守法庭现场。

警员神情怪异引怀疑

15分钟后，媒体发现依斯迈尔与警员把警车驾到法庭的另一个入口处，摄记见状蜂拥而上，岂知，验尸官原来已悄悄从另一通道走往法庭大厅。

记者在无意中发现验尸官企图躲在柱子后连忙大喊，眼见行踪曝光的他，只好光明正大走出来，面带笑容地坐上隨后赶到的警车出发到命案现场。

重返命案现场勘察演进表

9:30am代表死者家属的律师哥宾星、雪州政府代表律师马力英迪亚及大马律师公会代表律师，抵达雪州反贪污委员会总部办公室。

总检察署的副检察司阿峇与镇暴队从沙亚南法庭出发到命案现场。

9:35am验尸官阿兹米尔从沙亚南法庭乘车出发到命案现场。

9:40am阿兹米尔甫抵达命案现场，即前往大厦管理层办公室，並在那里逗留了10分钟。

9:50am阿兹米尔抵到14楼的反贪委会办公室。

10am代表总检察署的律师陈福泉抵达现场，前往14楼的反贪委会与眾人会合；勘察队伍在14楼与15楼逗留了约1个小时。

10:55am验尸官乘搭电梯到5楼赵明福被发现臥尸的地方，从位於5楼的Shorga私人有限公司办公室，通往5楼露台。

10:58am律师马力英迪亚、兰卡巴星、哥宾星、奈也、沙林隨后跟到。

11:00am负责协调验尸庭的警员依斯迈尔助理警监，率领一批警员进入有关办公室。

11:15am验尸官、眾律师和警员从办公室门口出来，从后楼梯步行到位於4楼的大厦大厅。

11:22am眾人在位於大厅的管理层办公室，研究这间大厦闭路电视的运作方式。

11:30am勘察工作正式结束。

Teoh inquest: Live Updates (Day 3)

2009-08-07T11:23:00.000+08:00

It is Day 3 of the inquest on the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock.

11.45am: At his press conference, Gobind Singh Deo says that Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, Tan Hock Chuan (acting for the A-G), and lawyers representing the family, Selangor government and Bar Council had a site inspection of the premises.

He says they visited all the areas said to have been visited by Teoh Beng Hock, including the 14th, 15 and fifth floors of Plaza Massalam.

During the process, many questions were asked, Gobind said, adding that he also asked the police to conduct further investigations on certain areas and certain items that the lawyers thought were significant.

11.17am: Gobind Singh Deo, representing the family of Teoh Beng Hock, gives a press conference outside Plaza Masalam.

11.15am: Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas and most of the lawyers leave the building; Azmil Muntapha gets into his car. The inquest proceedings end for today.

11.07am: Inquest officials take stairs from fifth to fourth floor of Plaza Masalam. Next stop is the security room, where they are believed to be viewing CCTV footage.

10.50am: Lawyers representing Teoh’s family and the Selangor government head towards the fifth-floor corridor of Plaza Masalam where his body was found on July 16.

10.05am: Reporters outside the Plaza Masalam building can see the Coroner and lawyers peering out of window on 14th floor from which Teoh Beng Hock purportedly fell.

10am: Press splits into two groups. One group waits in front of MACC office, the other heads down to the 5th floor where Teoh Beng Hock’s body was found on July 16. Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, lawyer Tan Hock Chuan (acting for the A-G), and family and Bar Council lawyers remain inside the MACC office. The press are still not allowed to enter the office.

9.55am: Tan Hock Chuan, representing the Attorney-General, arrives at the Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam and enters the MACC office.

9.50am: Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas arrives at the Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam, heads towards 14th floor of the building where lawyers, court officials and police are waiting at the MACC office.

9.45am: Lawyers, court officials and police head towards the 14th floor where the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is located as part of their site visit.

9.35am: Press members gather in front of MACC office on 14th floor of the Plaza Masalam.

9.20am: Lawyers representing the family of Teoh Beng Hock -- Gobind Singh Deo, Ram Karpal and Lim Lip Eng -- arrive at the Plaza Masalam.

9.20am: Investigating officer ASP Ahmad Nazri Zainal arrives.

9.10am: Lawyers for the Bar Council arrive at the Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam to examine the site where the political aide was found dead on July 16.

9am: More than 10 policeman are seen at the lobby of Plaza Masalam. It starts raining heavily.

8.35am: A police patrol car arrives and parks outside Plaza Masalam; the sky turns dark and dark clouds gather.

8am: Reporters start gathering outside Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam for site visit.

SHAH ALAM: The third day of the inquest into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock began with a site visit to the Plaza Masalam building where he was found dead on July 16.

Teoh, 30, who was the political secretary to Seri Kembangan assemblyman and executive council member Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on the fifth-floor corridor of Plaza Masalam where the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office is located.

He had gone to the MACC office on the 14th floor of the building a day earlier to be questioned about the disbursement of state funds.

The Government has called for an inquest into his death, after which a Royal Commission of Inquiry will be established to look into the inquest’s findings as well as the procedures and techniques used by the MACC in its questioning of Teoh.

The inquest before Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas at the Magistrates Court here will see a total 97 witnesses including Teoh’s family members, colleagues and MACC officers involved in questioning Teoh the day before his death.

On Thursday, the inquest heard that it was possible that force had been exerted on Teoh just before he died, causing a rupture on his belt, suggesting that his death could be “not accidental.”

Dr Seah Lay Hong, a DNA scientist from the Chemistry Department, said it was “one of the many possibilities” that Teoh may have been held back by the belt for the tear to have occurred.

She was cross-examined by Gobind Singh Deo, who held a watching brief for Teoh’s family.

Earlier, Dr Seah said that swabs from Teoh’s damaged belt had the DNA of two other unknown males apart from his own.

The DNA profiles of 157 individuals were compared with that of the two unknown males but none of them matched, she said.

Questioned by Tan Hock Chuan, who is counsel appointed by the Government to assist coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, whether she had swabbed for contact DNA testing, Dr Seah said she had swabbed areas on clothing items belonging to Teoh.

Earlier Thursday, chemists Saiful Fazamil Mohd Ali and Zaihara Awang and Plaza Masalam security guard Abdul Rahman Rahim took the stand.

The inquest on Wednesday saw six witnesses -- four from the security personnel of Plaza Masalam (including Abdul Rahman), one technician at the plaza, and one policeman from the Shah Alam district police department -- testifying.

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Teoh's death may have been 'not accidental'

2009-08-07T11:20:00.000+08:00

By WANI MUTHIAH and NURBAITI HAMDAN

SHAH ALAM: It is possible that force was exerted on Teoh Beng Hock just before he died, suggesting that his death could be “not accidental”.

The inquest into the political aide’s death was told of a hypothesis that force was applied at the tear region of the belt worn by Teoh in order for the rupture to occur.

Dr Seah Lay Hong, a DNA scientist from the Chemistry Department, said it was “one of the many possibilities” that Teoh may have been held back by the belt for the tear to have occurred.

She was cross-examined by Gobind Singh Deo, who held a watching brief for Teoh’s family.

Gobind: Do you also say that it is possible that this man was being held from a high building by the belt and it snapped? Is that a possibility?

Dr Seah: It’s speculative but it’s one of the many possibilities.

Teoh, 30, who was the political secretary to Seri Kembangan assemblyman and executive council member Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on the fifth floor corridor of Plaza Masalam where the MACC office is located on July 16.

He had gone to the MACC office on the 14th floor of the building a day earlier to be questioned about the disbursement of state funds.

Earlier, Dr Seah said that swabs from Teoh’s damaged belt had the DNA of two other unknown males apart from his own.

One of the unknown males was tagged as Male 1.

The DNA profiles of 157 individuals were compared with that of the two unknown males but none of them matched, she said.

Dr Seah also said that DNA profiles from swabs taken from the back outer side of a blazer consisted of a mix of male DNA types matching that of Teoh and Male 1.

Questioned by Tan Hock Chuan, who is counsel appointed by the Government to assist coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, whether she had swabbed for contact DNA testing, Dr Seah said she had swabbed areas on clothing items belonging to Teoh.

She also said the Chemistry Department was well grounded in its hypothesis.

To a question by Gobind if she had been told about the circumstances surrounding Teoh’s death or seen pictures of his remains before arriving at her hypothesis, Dr Seah replied that she did not see any photographs.

Gobind also asked Dr Seah if the investigation officer had told her that Teoh may have been murdered.

“Not in many words. No, he didn’t say murder but that it could be accidental or not accidental,” said Dr Seah, adding that she was told that Teoh had fallen to his death.

The inquest continues today.

Lawyers clash during questioning of chemist

2009-08-07T11:19:00.000+08:00

SHAH ALAM: Two lawyers locked horns during the cross-examination of witnesses at the inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock.

Tan Hock Chuan, who is lead counsel assisting coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, and Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family got onto each others’ nerves yesterday.

Tan jumped up when Gobind asked chemist Zaihara Awang if she knew about the case’s background.

Gobind asked Zaihara if she had not read the newspapers or knew of the speculation that he was tolak (pushed) out of the window.

Tan stepped in at this juncture and told Gobind not to talk about tolak.

He said Zaihara was a chemist and that line of questioning was not fair to her.

Tan also told Azmil Muntapha that questions not relevant to the witness should not be allowed.

“Why are we here if we cannot say tolak, held, and interrogation. What is the point of bringing experts from overseas?” Gobind asked.

Azmil Muntapha said that questions must be within the purview of the chemist’s scope of work.

“I have no problem with such questions but it depends on the witness. If its the MACC officers, go ahead. This is a chemist,” said Tan.

When Gobind asked to be allowed two more questions, Tan thundered: “Confine to the rules!”

Gobind retorted: “Calling in witnesses and asking them to read reports. We are doing their job by asking the questions.”

‘No traces of drugs or alcohol in samples taken from Teoh’

2009-08-07T11:18:00.000+08:00

SHAH ALAM: There were no traces of prescription drugs or alcohol in the stomach, urine and blood samples taken from the remains of political aide Teoh Beng Hock.

The inquest into his death was told that toxicology tests on Teoh’s biological specimens were also conducted to determine if there were traces of poison or volatile drugs in them.

Chemist Zaihara Awang, who is the seventh witness, said she used a testing method which could identify 300,000 chemical compounds to test one sample each of Teoh’s urine and stomach contents and two samples of his blood.

Lawyer Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family, asked Zaihara if she had thought of other possibilities apart from merely testing the samples for drugs, alcohol and poison.

“No, I did what was required by police and relied on case history. In this case, there was no indication that the deceased had been exposed to poison such as in the form of gas,” she said.

When coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas asked Zaihara if it could be detected from the toxicology report if Teoh was pushed to his death, the chemist replied the test would not indicate that, although she added she was not experienced enough to answer the question.

The inquest also heard that a test to detect the adrenaline content in Teoh’s blood, which would have determined if he had panicked before his death, was not carried out.Zaihara explained that this was because the police had not instructed her to do so.

Her scope of duty, she said, only involved testing biological specimens to determine if there were drugs, alcohol and poison in them.

Saiful Fazamil Mohd Ali, another chemist, testified that a piece of window latch found near Teoh’s body appeared to be the same variety with the ones from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission office windows. However, he could not say for sure if the broken piece of latch had come from one of the commission’s windows.

Parents don't want sons to be aides

2009-08-06T17:58:00.000+08:00

By Jennifer Gomez

SHAH ALAM: Ean Yong Hian Wah is finding it difficult to replace his political secretary, the late Teoh Beng Hock.

The Seri Kembangan assemblyman said that at present, many parents were discouraging their children from taking up such work.

"Even some of my assemblymen friends say that some of their aides are facing pressure from their parents to resign.

"The job has become dangerous, they fear, after what happened to Teoh," Yong said outside the inquest here yesterday.

"Not only that, one of my current assistants is facing the same pressure from his parents who want him to quit and do something else."

Yong added that it would also be tough to find another aide like Teoh, who was "hardworking and had very good public relations skills".

"He handled documentation to do with allocations and also helped with my constituency work."

Yong is not spared the concern from his parents, admitting that they now call him several times a day to check on him.

He, however, added that they had not pressured him to leave politics.

遗腹子言论引发爭议

2009-08-06T14:29:00.001+08:00

本是同根生，相煎何太急，身为华裔子弟，笔者对郑全行针对赵明福未婚妻的遗腹子所发表的言论深感失望与悲哀。郑博士透过马来西亚前锋报发表题为反对给予遗腹子合法性的文章惹来一身蚁。论遗腹子合法性的时候，当极端的宗教理念硬碰人性的考验，所產生的火花为双方带来巨大的伤害。

身为媒体，马来西亚前锋报应瞭解本身的角色，此报有责任过滤任何有可能牴触人民的敏感文章。新闻报导、言论一概应加以深层的分析与慎重考量，免得在刊登后掀起不必要的风波。

此报主编的疏忽將酿成接二连三的社会悲剧，违背提倡各民族团结精神的“一个马来西亚”的概念。马来西亚前锋报应该瞭解它对马来民族的影响力，所以在处理报章时应更谨慎。

受过高教育的郑全行在发表言论时应懂得適可而止。在撰写任何课题之前，都应当先深入瞭解事件的来龙去脉，才適度发表评论。作者更该在发表言论前，体谅对方的家庭状况与感受，免得再次在受害者的伤口上撒盐。郑博士没有亲身瞭解，就断言和批评遗腹子的言论是十分鲁莽举动。这种言论似乎有落井下石的恶意。

爱因斯坦曾经说过一句：“我们现有的科技已远远超越了我们的人性是一件很可悲的事。”在一个先进国，当人民的思想隨时代开拓、进展，同样的人道主义更应隨之进步。郑全行那赤裸大胆的遗腹子言论，绝对是一则心態偏狭的个人意见。

虽然在宗教的角度来看，私生子是宗教內的禁忌，但是隨时代进步，那些极端的宗教教育也隨时代更动一些理念（有根据性的变动）。在处理遗腹子案件，一个领袖的人性、成熟思维与人道主义能显现他人的作风及国家文明发展的程度。郑全行后来表示他在文章上也提及他对死者的同情与维护，然而他应该知道他之前针对明福的遗腹子言论的火药味特重，与他后来的同情与维护词句已达不到平衡点。

身为读者，我们会尊重评论员的言论自由。可是，我们会更注重评论员对课题內的主角的诚恳与尊敬。一位成功的评论员是一位能为社会发表有益、建设性和客观分析的好文章，而不是单靠某个角度来创造批判性的文章，因为它將为报业与读者双方造成严重伤害和破坏。

星洲日报／言路‧作者：陈伟哲
2009年8月6日

Teoh tidak ambil dadah, alkohol

2009-08-06T14:27:00.000+08:00

Seorang ahli kimia, Zaraiha Awang dari Jabatan Kimia memberi keterangan sebagai saksi ketujuh pada hari inkues kematian Teoh Beng Hock hari ini.

Dalam keterangannya, Zaraiha berkata, beliau menerima sampel kandungan perut, darah dan air kencing Teoh.

Hasil pemeriksaan ke atas sampel tersebut, katanya beliau mendapati tidak ada kesan alkohol atau dadah dalam sistem badan Teoh pada masa kematiannya.

Inkues pagi ini bermula jam 9.20 pagi di mana saksi - pengawal keselamatan di Plaza Masalam, Abd Rahman Rahim dipanggil memberi keterangan.

Sebelum itu, DPP Tan Hock Chuan menyoal Abdul Rahman mengenai buku pelawat yang tiada diisi sejak berbulan lalu. Abdul Rahman mengakui tidak mengemaskini buku itu setiap masa.

Enam saksi telah dipanggil memberi keterangan semalam. Mereka terdiri daripada pengawal keselamatan di bangunan Plaza Masalam, seorang juruteknik dan seorang anggota polis dari balai Shah Alam.

Inkues tersebut berlangsung di hadapan Koroner Azmil Muntapha Abas.

Manakala peguam Gobind Singh Deo merupakan peguam pemerhati bagi pihak keluarga Teoh.

Gobind menyoal Zaraiha sama ada beliau tahu sejarah kes kematian Teoh dan spekulasi yang Teoh 'ditolak'.

Tan mencelah dengan berkata soalan tersebut tidak relevan.

Gobind membalas dengan bertanya mengapa perkataan "ditolak" dan 'bunuh diri" tidak boleh digunakan.

"Bukankah ini inkuiri terhadap kematiannya," kata Gobind.

Beliau bertanya mengenai kemungkinan terdapatnya kandungan adrenalin yang tinggi jika seseorang itu hampir jatuh atu ditolak dari tempat yang tinggi dan Zaraiha menjawab 'ya'.

Sehubungan itu, Gobind bertanya kepada Zaraiha sama ada beliau melakukan ujian adrenalin dan Zaihara menjawab 'tidak'.

Gobinda bertanya adakah Zaraiha tidak melakukan ujian tersebut kerana pihak polis tidak memintanya berbuat demikian.

Zaraiha menjawab bahawa Adrenalin bukanlah satu jenis dadah biasa dan ia dihasilkan secara semula jadidalam badan.

Apabila ditanya oleh Gobind sama ada beliau akan menjalan ujian tersebut jika diminta oleh pihak polis, Zaraiha berkata, ujian toksikologi tidak termasuk ujian adrenalin.

Koroner Azmil Muntapha pula bertanya sama ada terdapat perbezaan jika si mati ditolak dan sama ia boleh dikesan dalam ujian toksikologi.

Zaraiha : "Saya tidak berpengalaman untuk menjawab soalan itu."

Azmil : "Adakah pengetahuan sama ada si mati ditolak atau tidak akan mempengaruhi ujian mengesan kehadiran dadah atau racun dalam badan mangsa?"

Zaraiha : "Tidak."

Dalam keterangannya, Zaraiha juga mengesahkan bahawa Teoh tidak mati kerana diracun, mabuk atau berada di bawah pengaruh dadah.

Zaraiha berkata demikian setelah menjalankan analisis mengesan dadah, alkohol dan racun dalam badan Teoh melalui empat sampel spesimen yang diserahkan kepadanya oleh pegawai penyiasat pada 21 Julai lepas.

Katanya ujian toksikologi dilakukan bagi mengesan sama ada terdapat kesan racun atau sebarang bahan berbahaya terhadap spesimen biologi termasuk manusia dan haiwan.

"Hasil analisis saya mendapati tiada unsur ethanol, alkohol dan dadah biasa dalam spesimen itu," katanya.

Dalam keterangannya Zaraiha berkata sampel kandungan perut yang diterimanya berwarna kecoklatan yang merupakan warna biasa bagi kandungan perut manusia yang tidak mengandungi sebarang unsur dadah atau racun.

"Kandungan perut boleh berubah warna jika mengandungi unsur dadah atau racun, contohnya warna kelabu, jika terminum racun perosak," katanya.

Sementara itu, Bernama melaporkan Gobind bertanya kepada Zaraiha sama ada beliau ada pertimbangkan sejarah kes tersebut.

Zaraiha: "Dari borang polis yang diterima, saya dapati kes ini ialah kes jatuh dari bangunan tinggi. Saya ada tanya pada inspektor, diberitahu kes itu melibatkan setiausaha politik. Itu sahaja."

Gobind: "Ada baca surat khabar? Adakah kamu sedar sangkaan masyarakat dia ditolak dari bangunan tinggi?"

Peguam Tan Hock Chuan, yang dilantik oleh kerajaan untuk membantu mengendalikan prosiding itu, bangun mencelah untuk membantah penggunaan perkataan 'ditolak' itu.

"Kita tidak tahu sama ada Teoh telah ditolak. Ini adalah pandangan sebelah pihak. Tujuan inkues ini diadakan adalah untuk mencari kebenaran. Saya tidak ada masalah sekiranya kamu mengajukan soalan ini kepada pegawai SPRM tetapi saksi ini adalah ahli kimia, tolong berlaku adil kepadanya.

"Jangan bersandiwara di sini, tolong bataskan soalan anda berdasarkan peraturan."

Gobind : "Tuan koroner kami di sini untuk mencari kebenaran. Adakah tuan bermaksud saya tidak boleh mencadangkan teori saya, iaitu saya tidak boleh kata ditolak, jatuh. Bagaimana kita hendak meneruskan prosiding jika keadaan berterusan begini?"

Koroner kemudian segera menghentikan pertikaman lidah antara dua peguam itu dan mengingatkan semua pihak supaya mengajukan soalan yang relevan dan berkaitan dengan bidang tugas saksi sahaja.

Gobind kemudian mengemukakan soalan terakhir kepada Zaraiha sama ada ahli kimia boleh membantu ahli patologi untuk menentukan masa kematian Teoh.

"Kalau dilihat secara fizikal keadaan mayat mungkin tidak boleh, tetapi jika spesimen diuji dan jika ada unsur dadah, kita boleh bantu memberitahu masa kematian," kata Zaraiha.

Teoh, 30, setiausaha politik kepada Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Tetap Kampung Baru dan Pengurusan Kilang Haram Selangor, Ean Yong Hian Wah, ditemui mati pada 16 Julai lalu di tingkat lima Plaza Masalam di Shah Alam, selepas memberi keterangan sebagai saksi siasatan penyalahgunaan wang kerajaan negeri Selangor kepada SPRM Selangor yang berpejabat di bangunan itu.

总检察署呈97证人名单‧调查主任未列名单

2009-08-06T14:04:00.000+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）总检察署週三（8月5日）提呈的97人证人名单中，不见反贪污委员会调查主任拿督苏克里的名字。

上週三（7月29日）首日开庭时，与数名反贪污官员一起出现在证人室的苏克里，週三不见踪影，已让部份记者感到奇怪，后来经仔细查阅证人名单时，才发现苏克里不在其中，让人大感意外。

这份证人名单里详尽地將案件相关人物列入，除了赵明福的父亲赵亮辉、哥哥赵明基、妹妹赵丽兰及未婚妻苏淑慧外，还包括赵明福上司雪州行政议员欧阳捍华及加影市议员陈文华等人。

至於赵明福在行动党的同僚，包括行动党国会领袖林吉祥助理林芮光、行动党组织秘书郭素沁助理黄皓汶、沙登行动党党员陈爱薇、乌鲁冷岳行动党党员黄冠鸿等也是证人。

另外，法医、鉴证组人员、案发现场沙亚南玛莎兰大厦的保安人员、技术人员等也在证人之列。

Teoh inquest: Live updates ( Day 2)

2009-08-06T11:41:00.000+08:00

4.26pm: Inquest adjourns to Friday. Coroner to visit scene of crime.

4.18pm: Dr Seah said blood found on Teoh's body came from a single source.

3.35pm: Dr Seah said in her hypothesis, force was applied at the tear region of the belt in order for the tear to occur. Cross examined by Gobind Singh who suggested that the belt might have been held, Dr Seah said it was one of the many possibilities.

Gobind: Do you also say that it’s fair that this man was being held from a high building by the belt and it snapped? Is that a possibility?

Dr Seah: It’s speculative but it’s one of the many possibilities.

3.20pm: Dr Seah said DNA profiles of 157 individuals were compared with 'Male 1' and the other unknown male contributor. She found 'Male 1' not among the 157 and neither is anyone of the 157 a contributing source of DNA derived from the swab taken from the belt.

Dr Seah said it was not possible to identify someone's race from the sample taken.

3pm: Dr Seah opens package to show the coat worn by Teoh. Another package contained Teoh's pants with blood stains found mainly on the right side.

Dr Seah showed Teoh's belt to the court. She said DNA profile derived from a swab taken at a tear region of the belt consisted of a mix of male DNA types, indicating concordance with Teoh, Male 1 and at least one other unknown male.

She said further DNA testing for comparison and matching were carried out on 157 individuals.

2.19pm: Inquest resumes. Dr Seah called to the stand.

Dr Seah said DNA profile derived from swab taken from the back outer side of a blazer consisted of a mix of male DNA types of two individuals concordant with Teoh and one unknown male identified as 'Male 1'

12.35pm: Dr Seah Lay Hong of Chemist Dept introduces exhibits, including Teoh's nail clippings and hair.

Court takes a break, to resume 2pm.

11.35am: Inquest resumes. Chemist Saiful Fazamil Mohd Ali, specialising in criminology, introduces exhibits, including metal watch strap and watch components and a blood stained pants.

Saiful said he went to Plaza Masalam, inspected a broken latch of a window at MACC office. A screw measuring 5cm, tendered as exhibit, did not match the type of screw used in the latch.

10.50am: Court in recess.

10.40am: Gobind: Is there possibility of high adrenalin content if a person is about to fall off or pushed from a high place?
Zaihara: Yes.
Gobind: Did you do an adrenalin test.
Zaihara: No
Gobind: You did not do it because it was not requested by police?
Zaihara: Adrenalin is not a type of common drug. It is produced naturally in the body.
Gobind: If police asked for the test?
Zaihara: Toxicology test does not include adrenalin test.

10.30am: Gobind Singh asks Zaihara if she knows history of Teoh's case and speculation that Teoh "di-tolak" (pushed). DPP Tan then said question irrelevant and that Gobind Singh was badgering Zaihara. Gobind Singh responded saying why words "pushed" and "suicide" cannot be used. "Isn't this an inquiry into his death," Gobind Singh said.

10.20am: Argument broke out between DPP Tan and lawyers for Teoh's family and Selangor govt over lawyer Gobind Singh's statement that DPP Tan is badgering witness.

10:00am: Zaihara: No traces of alcohol or common drugs in Teoh's system at time of death based on analysis of samples.

9.45am: Seventh witness Zaihara Awang, chemist with Chemistry Dept, said she received samples of stomach content, blood and urine of Teoh.

9.30am: DPP Tan Hock Chuan asks Abdul Rahman about log book which had no entries for months. Abdul Rahman admits not updating the book regularly.

9.22am: Inquest begins. Sixth witness Plaza Masalam security guard Abdul Rahman Rahim takes the stand.

SHAH ALAM: It is Day 2 of the inquest on the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock.

It is set to take an interesting turn as experts such as chemists are expected to testify on their respective findings and reports on toxicology, criminology and DNA.

The inquest on Wednesday saw six witnesses -four from the security personnel of Plaza Masalam, one technician at the plaza, and one policeman from the Shah Alam district police department - taking the stand.

The sixth witness, a security guard who was on duty at the lobby of Plaza Masalam is expected to take the stand again today to present the security log book to check on names of people who entered and left the plaza on July 16, the day Teoh’s body was found.

Lawyer Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family, had also revealed that the DNA samples taken from two “reluctant” witnesses - Kajang councillor Tan Boon Hwa and one Lee Wye Wing - did not match those found on Teoh’s belt and blazer.

So the mystery DNA found on Teoh remains unsolved for now.

The inquest before Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, who is the Shah Alam High Court deputy registrar, will see a total 97 witnesses including Teoh’s family members, colleagues and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers involved in questioning Teoh the day before his death.

97 witnesses to testify

2009-08-06T11:39:00.000+08:00

SHAH ALAM: The inquest into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock is expected to hear the testimony of a total of 97 witnesses.

Proceedings are expected to take an interesting turn today when expert witnesses from the Chemistry Department are scheduled to reveal their findings.

Lawyer Tan Hock Chuan, who is appointed by the government to assist coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, said the three chemists scheduled to be questioned today had prepared three reports.

The first one is on toxicology, the second criminology and the third one is a DNA report, he said.

Three pathologists will be called to testify after the chemists.

Tan is assisted by DPP Mohd Abazafree Mohd Abbas.

Outside the court, Gobind Singh Deo who is representing Teoh’s family, told reporters that a visit to the scene where Teoh died would take place tomorrow.

Ten MACC officers in building on night of July 15, say guards

2009-08-06T11:33:00.000+08:00

SHAH ALAM: Two security guards on night duty at Plaza Masalam said there were 10 officers at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) premises between the night of July 15 and the following morning on the day political aide Teoh Beng Hock died there.

Wan Rosli Wan Adam and Abdul Rahman Rahim told the inquest into Teoh’s death that the officers were there between 8pm on July 15 and 8am the following day.

From a CCTV recording of the building’s lobby, the guards identified MACC officers who had walked in or out of the building during the time in question.

They are believed to be the state MACC’s assistant director and several other officers who had questioned Teoh and recorded his statement.

One of the officers identified is believed to be the man who had last seen Teoh alive in the MACC office. He left the building at 6.10am.

All the officers were unnamed during the inquest.

Wan Rosli said a man believed to be Teoh was also seen walking in the lobby between midnight and 4am in one of the CCTV recordings shown to him.

He said another visual also showed MACC officers going into the premises with an unidentified Chinese man at 12.52am.

At one point, Gobind asked Wan Rosli if he had recorded the details of those who had entered the building late at night or in the early hours of the morning. He replied no.

“Why have security when people can just walk in and out? How are we to know who they are if it’s not recorded?” the lawyer asked.

Wan Rosli also said that there was no internal investigation carried out to determine how a dead man had ended up in the building.

On whether the guards had asked MACC officers about the people they brought to their 14th floor office for questioning late at night, he again said no.

Abdul Rahman identified two out of three men from a CCTV visual as MACC officers.

He said he did not know the name of the first MACC officer but added the second man was called Ashraf. However, Abdul Rahman could not identify the third person.

Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas ordered the security log book to be brought to the inquest today.

保安员：早上4至8时值勤‧“没见有人坠楼也无巨响”

2009-08-05T16:43:00.004+08:00

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）玛莎兰大厦保安人员阿都拉曼今日（週三，8月5日）在验尸庭指出，他於今年7月16日凌晨4时至早上8时在这间大厦值勤时，並没有看到有人从高处坠下或听见巨响。

他的值勤时间为7月15日的晚上8时至翌日早上8时。

“在7月16日早上4时至8时之间，我值勤的地点是在大厦办公楼的柜台，也就是大厅；但是，这段时间內，我没有看到有人从高处坠下或听见巨响。”

早前有报导指出，赵明福的死亡时间可能为7月16日上午8时至9时。

首次见官员深夜进出大厦

阿都拉曼是验尸庭传召的第6名证人，他在代表总检察署的律师陈福泉的引导下供证说，在早上4时至8时之间，他也见到有数名反贪污委员会的官员进出玛莎兰大厦。

他表示，他在这之前，不曾看到有反贪污委员会的官员在清晨或深夜时分进出大厦（反贪污委员会的办公室位在14楼），当时是他第一次遇到类似的情况。

阿都拉曼根据由大厦大厅闭路电视所摄的一批照片供证说，他认得照片中的一些反贪污委员会的官员，一些则不认识。

陈福泉稍后向验尸官阿兹米尔补充，在这批照片出现的人物包括雪州反贪委会的副主任及最后一个看到赵明福的官员。照片的时间显示，这名官员是於7月16日早上6时10分出现在大厅。

陈福泉也说，一共有10名反贪委会官员於7月16日早上4时至8时之间出现在大厅，其中包括曾盘问赵明福的官员。

无法说明为何没登记访客

验尸官过后询问证人，在7月15及16日，是否有为进出大厦的公眾登记，证人回应说，这2天刚好没有记录。

不过，证人却无法说明为甚么没有在这2天登记访客资料。验尸官过后指示將有关的访客登记簿呈堂，陈福泉表示，查案官能取得此登记簿，並於週四（8月6日）呈堂。

陈文华：只盼能找出真相

赵明福验尸案的两名证人加影市议员陈文华与承包商公司职员李维荣，经抽取脱氧核糖核酸（DNA）样本检验后，证明他们的DNA样本赵明福外套和腰带的样本並不吻合，一並推翻之前“黑色部落格”指两人拒绝提供DNA样本而列为“幕后凶手”的谣言。

陈文华在步出验尸庭后受访时简短作出回应，指责该“黑色部落格”，將赵明福之死扯上他们两人，让他感觉莫名其妙。

“我根本就没有碰过明福，当然不会留下DNA样本……那个部落客根本就在胡说八道。”

他强调，眼下只希望验尸庭能为赵明福之死找出真相。

凌晨亲睹官员带1男子进入

玛莎兰大厦保安人员旺罗斯里指出，他在7月16日凌晨1时许，曾亲眼目睹4名反贪委会的官员带一名华裔男子进入大厦。

不过，代表总检察署的律师陈福泉稍后在庭外透露，这名华裔男子並非赵明福，媒体不应自行揣测。

旺罗斯里是第5证人。他供证时表示，据他所知，反贪委会是24小时运作，因此，他从不过问他们为何在深夜或清晨展开调查。

不知谁接受调查

他表示，他也不会知道来接受调查的人是谁，並强调他充其量只是和反贪委会的官员閒聊。

哥宾星稍后询问证人：“他们在深夜调查，你是否觉得不寻常？”

证人回答说，他不觉得这不寻常，他平均一週可以看到两次这样的情况，当他受到哥宾星的进一步询问时，却又改口说：“这不寻常。”

他指出，在发生命案后，保安部门並没有展开內部调查，至於管理层是否有调查，他就无法確定。

上司指示塑胶袋遮盖
凯鲁：没碰尸体

玛莎兰大厦保安组高级助理凯鲁依兹旺指出，他抵达命案现场后，受到上司的指示以黑色塑胶袋遮盖尸体，但在整个过程中，他没有碰触到尸体。

遮盖尸体前先报警

他说，他一抵达事发地点，就看见一名男子躺在地上，头部周围有血但已凝固。

“在遮盖尸体前，我先打电话报警，过后我和维修部的罗斯里一起遮盖尸体，並用由罗斯里找来的砖头固定，整个过程我没有碰触到尸体，至於罗斯里有没有碰触到，我就不確定。”

凯鲁依兹旺是第3证人。他供证时说，他於7月16日下午1时53分报警，警员过后於8至10分钟內抵达。

裤子扯破有血跡

他表示，他是在当天下午1时49分至1时50分之间，接到维修部利占的来电指一名男子躺在露台，要求他前去查看，他和上司罗斯兰一同前往。

他指出，他过后到5楼，在得到內政部办公室职员的允许后，他就从窗户爬到有关的露台，当他看到尸体时，感到相当慌乱。

他说，当他看到赵明福的尸体时，死者的裤子已扯破也有血跡。

他表示，在玛莎兰大厦，有闭路电视的地方包括大厅、停车场及大门出入口处。

值勤警员报案书写怀疑自杀
“凯鲁提供情报为依据”

沙亚南警区总部行动室值勤警员卡林奥曼伍长指出，他於事发当天的下午2时许，接到来自玛莎兰大厦保安人员凯鲁依兹旺的来电，指发现一具怀疑是自杀身亡的华裔男子尸体。

他便针对这名保安人员所提供的情报知会查案官，並在过后报案。

“我平均一天接到10通这类提供情报的来电，但我们不会对每一个来电报案，只有‘瞩目´的案件，我们才会报案，所谓瞩目的案件是指命案。”

卡林奥曼伍是第4名证人。他供证时说，他在下午3时13分报案后，即指示其他同事联络鑑证组，因为他当时忙著处理手头上的其他案件。

他指出，虽然他在首份报案书写上述的男子怀疑是自杀，但强调这是以凯鲁提供的情报为依据。

代表死者家属的律师哥宾星询问证人：“根据一般情况，你在接到来电提供情报后，你是否会再將情报內容重复唸给对方，以確定无误？

“你知道是否有任何法律条阐明，警方在接到报案后，必须向报案人重复內容？”

证人没正面回答问题

证人没有正面回答律师的问题，只是说，他在事发当天接到的来电只是提供情报，並非报案，他在获得情报后，將根据程序报案，以让警方採取后续行动。

哥宾星认为证人並没有答到他的问题，而一再向证人重复问题，但证人还是没有正面回答问题，令到哥宾星无可奈何。

证人卡林奥曼：接到电话指发现尸体

沙亚南警区总部行动室值勤警员卡林奥曼伍长指出，他当时接到来自玛莎兰大厦保安人员凯鲁的来电，指发现一具相信是自杀身亡的华裔男子尸体。

他过后便针对这名保安人员所提供的情报报案。

“我平均一天接到10通这类提供情报的来电，但我们不会对每一个来电报案，只有‘瞩目´的案件，我们才会报案，所谓瞩目的案件是指命案。”

他说，他在报案后，即指示其他同事联络鑑证组。

Last officer to see Teoh alive left at 6.10am

2009-08-05T14:31:00.001+08:00

By Hafiz Yatim

There were 10 Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers in the Selangor headquarters between 8pm on July 15 and 8am on July 16, the day political aide Teoh Beng Hock died.

The MACC officers included an unnamed assistant director for the state who was seen leaving the building between 4am and 8am on July 16.

Apart from the senior person, the others were believed to be two or three officers who interrogated Teoh and one recording officer.

There was also an officer in a black casual shirt, believed to be the last person to have seen Teoh alive, who left at 6.10am.

These details were revealed at Teoh's inquest this afternoon by two night security guards at Plaza Masalam where the Selangor MACC is located.

Teoh, who was summoned to the MACC office for questioning on July 15, was found dead the next day outside the building. He is believed to have fallen from the 14th floor of the building where he was questioned.

The two security guards - Wan Rosli Wan Adam (fifth witness) and Abdul Rahman Rahim (sixth witness) - identified the MACC officials from photographs taken from closed circuit television recordings from Plaza Masalam lobby counter between midnight and 8am on July 16.

They were responding to questions from lawyer Tan Hock Chuan (left), who is leading a team of prosecutors from the Attorney-General's Chambers that includes DPP Mohd Abazafree Mohd Abbas.

In one recording which was shown to Wan Rosli, Teoh was seen walking in the lobby between midnight and 4am.

Another picture was also identified by Wan Rosli as being taken during his watch and showed four MACC officers accompanying a Chinese man (not Teoh) going into the building at about 12.52am.

The line of questioning of the two guards did not mention at what time Teoh was brought into the building for questioning. Previous media reports however stated that he was interrogated for 10 hours, arriving at MACC some time during the night of July 15.

Witness: No recording of ins and outs

Wan Rosli also said that he did not record particulars of any visitors to the building during his night watch.

He said that although there was a visitors' log-book at the lobby, the MACC officers were not required to fill in particulars whenever they brought in someone.

He was responding to a question from lawyer Gobind Singh Deo, representing Teoh's family.

Gobind: When you see the visitors entering or leaving the building at such odd hours, did you not take their particulars? Their purpose of the visit? And where they are heading to?

Wan Rosli: No, I agree I did not take down their particulars (photo:left).

Gobind: How regular in a week is it that the MACC officers would go in and out of Plaza Masalam office (at such late hours)?

Wan Rosli: Once or twice a week.

Gobind: Isn't this odd that MACC is working at these hours?

Wan Rosli: I know they operate for 24 hours.

Gobind: Can you state how many outsiders were brought in by MACC officers that night?

Wan Rosli: I do not know.

Gobind: Besides MACC officers, who came in late that night?

Wan Rosli: There were three officers from KDN (the Home Ministry), sometime after midnight but they occupy another floor.

Gobind: Did your security firm conduct an internal investigation after the incident?

Wan Rosli: No

Coroner wants the visitors' log book

Meanwhile, Abdul Rahman told the inquest that he manned the lobby counter between 4am and 8am and saw some of the MACC officers leaving the building.

Among them were the MACC assistant director as well as the last officer said to have seen Teoh alive. The latter had left at 6.10am.

Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas at the conclusion of today's inquest instructed Abdul Rahman to bring the visitors' log-book tomorrow.

Earlier, Azmil asked the investigating officer as to who was in possession of the log-book and was told the police did not have it.

Tomorrow the inquest will hear testimony from pathologists and chemists and on Friday the inquest will visit the scene of the incident.

Besides Gobind, senior lawyers Karpal Singh and Sankara Nair are also acting for the family.

Lawyers Malik Imtiaz Sarwar and Sreekant Pillai represented the Selangor government while lawyers Cheow Wee and Richard Wee appeared for the Bar Council, which is holding a watching brief.

The inquest, originally planned to end on Aug 12, looks set to be extended beyond that with about 90 witnesses to take the stand.

Teoh, 30, was found dead on July 16 outside Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam, following interrogation for 10 hours by the MACC.

Teoh's inquest: Live updates

2009-08-05T13:19:00.000+08:00

1.35pm: Proceedings adjourn and will resume at 9am, Thursday.

Chemists are scheduled to take the stand.

1.12pm: Sixth and last witness for today's inquest is another security guard at Plaza Masalam Abd Rahman Rahim.

He said his shift at Plaza Masalam lobby was from 4am to 8am on July 16, adding that he did not take down names of those who entered and left the building.

When questioned by Coroner Azmil if the security personnel are required to note down names of visitors in a logbook, Abd Rahman said they have to but he did not do so.

DPP Tan then said that according to the investigating officer (IO), the logbook had not been filled for months.

Azmil asked the IO to produce the logbook in court Thursday and for Abd Rahman to take the stand again.

1pm: Fifth witness Wan Rosli Wan Adam, a security guard at Plaza Masalam admitted that the security company did not carry out its own investigation after Teoh’s body was found at the premise.

He added that he never questioned the MACC officers on witnesses brought into the building late at night.

When Gobind suggested that questioning witnesses late at night until the wee hours of the morning is not a normal practice, Wan Rosli agreed, adding that it did happen sometimes.

12.05pm: Court resumes with fourth witness taking the stand again.

He said he received a phone call from third witness Khairul who reported finding the body which he (Khairul) believed to be a suicide case.

He added that at that time the cause of death was unknown.

11.45am: Court takes a short recess when lawyer Karpal Singh enters the courtroom.

11.35am: Kpl Abd Karem Othman from the Shah Alam district police takes the stand as the fourth witness.

11.10am: Inquest resumes. Third witness to take the stand is another security personnel at Plaza Masalam Mohd Khairul Izwan M. Nasir.

As ordered by his superior, he said he covered the body with a black plastic sheet and placed bricks on the sheet to keep it in place.

10.30am: Court takes a break for 15 to 30 minutes.

10.20am: Outside the courtroom, Teoh's former employer Seri Kembangan state assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah told reporters he is looking for a new political secretary but has not found anyone as hardworking and with good personal skills like Teoh.

He added that he handles some of the workload with help from two assistants from his constituency office.

He also said that his family had been worried for his safety due to Teoh's death

10am: During cross examination by Gobind Singh Deo, Ridzuan said the fifth floor is a restricted area to the public and there was no CCTV there.

He added that to get to the fifth floor, one has to go through an office window with permission or with help from the security guard or maintenance people as they hold the keys to two locked grille doors.

9.35am: Mohd Ridzuan Samsuri, a technician at Plaza Masalam is called to testify.

He said he was at Restoran Pelita at the second floor of the building when he received Siti's call.

He went to the roof of the fifth floor with a colleague Rosli Salleh and saw the body with visible dried blood stains on the knee area.

He added that the person was fair skinned like a Chinese. He later informed his superior via a walkie-talkie

9.30am: First witness to take the stand is Siti Zabedah Yahya, a 41-year-old security guard from a security company provided for Plaza Masalam.

She said she was at the 19th floor of Plaza Masalam on July 16 and as she was fasting that day she took a rest in a store room at about 1.10pm while leaving the window open.

After 20 minutes she got up to close the window and saw a man lying on the corridor of the fifth floor.

She then threw a screw at the person but there was no movement. She then called Mohd Ridzuan Samsuri, a technician to investigate.

9.20am: Gobind Singh tells court that the DNA samples of Tan Boon Hwa and Lee Wye Wing do not match those found on belt and coat belonging to Teoh.

9.15am: Tan listed six early witnesses which are three chemists and three pathologists as the first 12 witnesses. A total 97 witnesses will be called.

He also said that the three chemists have completed three reports which are on the toxicology, criminology and DNA reports.

9.05am: Inquest starts.

9am: DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang arrives at the coroner's court.

8.50am: Around 10 witnesses from the MACC waiting at the carpark area and two of Teoh's former colleagues from Sin Chew Daily Yap Yong Ching and Yee Mei Yeh, also said to be witnesses arrive at magistrates court.

8.20am: Arrival of Tan Hock Chuan from the Attorney-General's team.

SHAH ALAM: The crowd, albeit a smaller one than the first day of Teoh Beng Hock’s death inquest started streaming at the magistrate’s court building here for the inquest proper.

Among them were Teoh’s family members and fiancee.

Reporters waited for media passes to enter the courtroom since 7am. A total 49 passes were available today more than the 30 passes issued last week.

The inquest before Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, who is the Shah Alam High Court deputy registrar, is expected to see over 100 witnesses including Teoh’s family members, colleagues and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers involved in questioning Teoh the day before his death.

Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family while others in his team are Sankaran Nair, Lim Lip Eng and Karpal Singh.

Acting for the Attorney-General are Tan Hock Chuan, Mohd Idham Abd Ghani, Cains Tan and Justin Wee while Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, Ashok Kandiah, Sreekanth Pillai and Asmah Yunos are representing the Selangor government.

Teoh, 30, was found dead on July 16 on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam the morning after he was interviewed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), which has its state office on the 14th floor of the building.

Teoh, who was political secretary to Selangor exco member Ean Yong Hian Wah, was reported to be a witness in an investigation into the alleged abuse of constituency development funds by several Selangor Pakatan Rakyat state assemblymen.

Reports had said that Teoh was released after his statement was recorded, but had asked to sleep on the sofa in the office.

His death is believed to have taken place between 6am and 8am.

The inquest is on despite many quarters questioning its effectiveness. Many parties wanted the Royal Commission of Inquiry to be the forum to unravel Teoh’s suspicious death and determine the cause.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced the inquest to probe his death and the inquiry to determine if Teoh’s human rights were violated when he was questioned by the MACC.