Condemning the MACC’s Gangster-like Arrest of Albert Tei
[Press Statement by Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement on 29 November 2025, in Kuala Lumpur]
The Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement strongly condemns the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for using unnecessary violence to arrest businessman Albert Tei, who exposed corruption allegedly involving the Prime Minister’s Political Secretary, Shamsul Iskandar. This act violates the fundamental human rights due to a person under detention.
Albert Tei had already agreed to give his statement to the MACC on 1st December. However, on the morning of 28th November, MACC officials forcibly broke into Tei’s home in Puchong, Selangor, and arrested him in a violent manner.
According to Tei’s wife, Madam Lee, even though Tei was fully cooperative during the arrest, masked MACC officers still pushed him to the ground and handcuffed him. MACC officials even pointed a gun at Tei and at Madam Lee, who was recording the incident, and subsequently forced her to delete the videos from her and her children’s mobile phones.
The MACC officials did not have any identification badges on them, and the vehicle used to take Tei away had no license plates. When questioned by Tei’s lawyer, the MACC officials also refused to disclose where Tei was being taken.
This procedure, which resembles the kidnapping of an innocent citizen by a gangster organization, has left Tei’s family unaware of his whereabouts. Such a complete lack of transparency and accountability from an enforcement agency under “Malaysia MADANI” is a great irony!
The MACC’s arbitrary and abusive methods recall the tragedy of 16 years ago when MACC officers repeatedly visited the office of Selangor State Executive Councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, forcibly took Teoh Beng Hock away, and subsequently led to his death. Whay is the difference between th MACC’s gangster-like operating procedures, and the abduction of Pamela Ling outside the MACC office?
The MACC officers involved in the abuse of power must be severely punished, and MACC Chief Commissioner Azam Baki must apologize to Albert Tei and his family for the violent enforcement. We also urge Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to implement sweeping reforms within the MACC, guarantee the fundamental human rights of detainees, and pursue accountability for all deaths linked to the MACC.
Without punishment and accountability, every person could become the MACC’s next victim.
Ng Yap Hwa
Chairperson
Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement
谴责反贪会以犹如黑帮手法逮捕刁健城
[赵明福民主促进会文告，2025年11月29日于吉隆坡发出]
赵明福民主促进会强烈谴责马来西亚反贪委员会以不必要的暴力手段逮捕揭露首相政治秘书三苏依斯干达涉贪的商人刁健城，侵犯被扣留者应有的基本人权。
刁健城原本已答应12月1日到反贪会录取口供，但反贪会却于11月28日上午破门闯入位于雪州蒲种的刁健城住家，并以粗暴方式逮捕他。
根据刁健城的太太李女士，即使刁健城被逮捕时给予充分合作，蒙面的反贪会官员仍把刁健城压在地上及上手铐。反贪会官员甚至用枪指向刁健城和进行录影的李女士，随后强制销毁她和儿女手机里的相片。
反贪会官员身上并没有识别身份的标识，载走刁健城的车也没有车牌号码，面对律师的询问，反贪会官员也拒绝回答刁健城将被带往何处。
这种犹如黑帮绑架良民，让刁健城家人至今不懂他身处何处，完全没有透明问责的程序，竟然出自“昌明大马”的执法机关，真是莫大讽刺！
反贪会专横滥权的手段，令人想起16年前反贪会官员多次造访雪州行政议员欧阳捍华的办公室，强行带走赵明福后导致其死亡的悲剧。反贪会类似黑帮的作业方式，跟在反贪会外拐走的林芫的歹徒，又有什么分别？
涉及滥权的反贪会官员必须被严惩，反贪会主席阿占巴基必须就暴力执法对刁健城和家属道歉。我们也促请首相安华大刀阔斧改革反贪会，保障被扣留者的基本人权，并追究与反贪会有关的所有命案。
没有惩罚和追究责任，每一个人都可能成为反贪会的下个受害者。
赵明福民主促进会主席
黄业华