（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。
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
MACC man admits telling officers not to probe cause of aide’s death, too
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.
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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.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
雪州反贪会副总监不知明福是否受酷刑
（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。）
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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。）
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
Teoh Inquest: DNA sample identified
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.
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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.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Teoh’s fiancee starts blog to share views on life and death
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.
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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.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
Teoh family outraged at MACC chief's suicide theory
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.
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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.
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
释明圆法师协助‧明福“回家”了
（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。
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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。
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不满反贪会言论‧赵家或再见首相
（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。
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“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。
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Friday, September 4, 2009
苏淑慧替爱夫立碑‧明福“已婚”身份入土
（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。
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
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！
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
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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
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