Pathologists revisit Plaza Masalam (Update)

Pathologists revisit Plaza Masalam (Update)

SHAH ALAM: Pathologists have revisited Plaza Masalam where political secretary Teoh Beng Hock was found dead.

The pathologists, Dr Prashant Samberkar from the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre and Dr Khairul Azman from Hospital Tuanku Ampuan Rahimah in Klang, spent about two hours there.

The locations that they went to on Wednesday included the 14th floor where the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office is located, the fifth floor where Teoh’s body was found and the parking area on the ground floor.

“The visit today was to allow the pathologists to gather more information before they can submit their findings,” DSP Kamarudin Ismail, Shah Alam police headquarters investigating officer told reporters after the visit.

Teoh, 30, was found dead on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam last Thursday after giving his statement to the Selangor MACC.

He was Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah’s political secretary.

Earlier in Subang Jaya, Selangor police chief Deputy Commissioner Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar expressed his disappointment with Ean Yong, who on Tuesday kept police waiting for three hours to give his statement.

The police officers, said DCP Khalid had gone to Ean Yong’s office at 3pm to take his statement as he had refused to go to the police station.

However, Ean Yong informed them at 6pm that he could not give a statement, he added.

This was because Ean Yong claimed that Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Khalid Ibrahim had said not to give any police statement after 6pm.

“There is no rule forbidding us to take statements after six pm,” said DCP Khalid to reporters on Wednesday after visiting Safe Deposit Box Sdn Bhd.

“Everybody is waiting for us to wrap up the investigation but Ean Yong has delayed that process. I hope the witness will give us his full cooperation.”

Ean Yong is scheduled to give his statement on Wednesday at 3pm.

“If he stil doesn’t co-operate, I will force him to come to my office,” he added.

DCP Khalid also said 45 people had given their statements so far.

Five family members including Teoh’s fiancee Soh Cher Wei, are expected to give their statements to the police on Wednesday.

Meanwhile in Kuala Lumpur, businessman Tan Boon Wah has filed an application against the MACC questioning its interrogation procedures.

The Kajang Municipal councillor and DAP member filed the application through his lawyer Karpal Singh at the Kuala Lumpur High Court registry here on Wednesday morning.

He is seeking a declaration from the court to interpret the phrase “day-to-day” over the questioning of witnesses, especially when it comes to overnight questioning.

Tan himself was quizzed by the MACC in its investigation over the alleged abuse of constituency funds by Selangor elected representatives. He is believed to be the last person to have seen political aide Teoh Beng Hock alive.

Teoh, political secretary to Sri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead near the MACC office after he had endured a marathon interrogation session lasting from the afternoon of July 15 into the wee hours of the morning of July 16.

Tan later lodged a police report.

source : thestar.com.my