Press Statement by Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy on 26 June 2021 in Kuala Lumpur
Twelve years have passed since Teoh Beng Hock’s demise in the hands of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at Plaze Masalam and yet no one is prosecuted and punished accordingly for causing his death.
The previous investigations failed to uphold the rule of law when the police and the Attorney-General (AG) blatantly dismiss the decisive pre-fall injury on Beng Hock’s neck that signifies the criminal element of the incident. The pre-fall injury was the main reason that led to the ruling of the Court of Appeal that one or more unknown persons caused the death of Beng Hock.
The Teoh family and the public have been waiting for justice to come by throughout the reigns of BN, PH and PN. Since the case has been reopened for investigation in July 2018, we have been calling the authorities to classify the case as murder or culpable homicide. Our calls on the police, the AG and the Ministry of Home Affairs to reveal the investigation results have fallen on deaf ears for almost 3 years.
Delay in justice itself is a huge injustice to the victim’s families and the society. We call on the government to delay no more and every effort must be made to track down theperpetrators in a thorough police investigation.
No one should be spared in the investigations so that there will be no allegations of a cover up. The investigation result should be made public immediately and the perpetrators must be brought to justice.
Therefore, in conjunction with the 12th anniversary of the passing of the late Teoh Beng Hock, Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy will organize few activities to commemorate the tragic incidence and continue to remind the government and the public that delay in justice is injustice.
๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ
Date : 2nd July 2021, Friday
Time : 8:00 pm via Zoom
Registration : https://us02web.zoom.us/โฆ/tZctcโฆ
Panel speakers :
Tricia Yeoh, the film director, was a former colleague of Teoh
Beng Hock in the Selangor government. She is a public policy
researcher and PhD candidate.
Edmund Bon, former Malaysia representative to AICHR, member of the barโs watching brief team at the RCI on Teoh Beng Hock
Rama Ramanathan, blogger at write2rest.blogspot.com and spokesperson for Citizens Against Enforced Disappearances (CAGED)
๐๐๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ง ๐
๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฆ โ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐งโ
Tarikh : 16hb Julai 2021, Jummat
Masa : 8:00pm โ 8:30pm (Memorial)
8:30pm โ 10:30pm (Forum) via Zoom
Pendaftaran : https://us02web.zoom.us/โฆ/tZYofuโฆ
Pengucap Majlis :
Ng Yap Hwa, Pengerusi Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy
Teoh Lee Lan, adik mendiang Teoh Beng Hock, Naib Pengerusi Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy
Panel forum :
M. Visvanathan, peguam hak asasi manusia, Pengerusi Eliminating Deaths And Abuse In Custody Together (EDICT)
Dr. Mohd. Tajuddin Bin Mohd. Rasdi, Professor arkitek di sebuah universiti tempatan, seorang kolumnis politik dan sosial yang menonjol
YB Ramkarpal Singh, peguam keluarga Teoh, Ahli Parlimen Bukit Gelugor
Muhammad Faisal Abdul Aziz, Presiden Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM)
Special thanks to the calligraphy of Mr. Liau Kok Keon
Regards,
Ng Yap Hwa
Chairperson
Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy