IPOH, July 17 – In the aftershock of the sudden demise of Teoh Beng Hock, political secretary to a Selangor state executive councillor, the Perak Pakatan Rakyat has called for the formation of a Royal Commission to investigate his death.
Former mentri besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said today that there was something fishy about Teoh’s passing and even held Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz responsible.
“Why should he be detained by the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission for so many hours when he is merely a witness and not a suspect. Why did they need to keep him overnight? There must be a reason and they should explain,” he said in press conference here today.
Nizar added that Teoh could not have committed suicide as the latter had marriage plans this week.
“We want the MACC to come clean on this matter,” he said.
To mourn Teoh’s untimely passing Perak DAP chief Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham said, the party would be holding a series of candlelight vigils over the next few days.
“We are doing this to show MACC our protest in the matter. We want them to explain to us why Teoh was kept in their clutches for so long. We want accountability,” he said.
After the press conference, Ngeh and a team of other state PR leaders led a march from the Perak DAP headquarters to the state MACC office about 500m away.
They delivered a memorandum to the MACC urging the body to give an explanation. Meanwhile, a candlelight vigil for Teoh will be held tonight at 8pm, in front of the Sungai Buluh DAP branch office in Sungai Siput and another will be held at the same time tomorrow in front of the state’s MACC office.
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Everyone can deduce and think alike.
We all are asking the same questions.
Look, even Nizar from Pas is asking the same line of questions:
“Why should he be detained by the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission for so many hours when he is merely a witness and not a suspect. Why did they need to keep him overnight? There must be a reason and they should explain,” he said in press conference here today.
Nizar added that Teoh could not have committed suicide as the latter had marriage plans this week.
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But till today,
MCA don't know how to ask the same questions.
At least TS Dr Koh of Gerakan is beginning to ask some questions.
Questions - but no answers lah...
PM and DPM not asking questions -
someone told me, how to know if one is intelligent or know -
you know by the questions he asked -
Ahhh, Nizar is intelligent.
But PM Najib and DPM Muhyiddin and Home minister Hishammuddin bodoh - no question to ask.
Police before finished investigation said sudden death - bodoh also - he should ask question like why his pants so big hole...
MACC officials - guilty ones - assumed he jumped to kill himself, or he slipped and fell -
I think all thinking Malaysians are very suspicious - MACC is covering up - to protect your failure and shame - something went wrong in the interrogation room and torture was used.