Cops still probing Teoh Beng Hock group for KKB protest

Hulu Selangor police chief Faizal Tahrim said they are still investigating Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement chairman Ng Yap Hwa and Teoh Lee Lan for intentional insult with the intent to provoke a breach of peace. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: Police are still investigating the Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement over its protest in Kuala Kubu Baharu recently, Hulu Selangor police chief Faizal Tahrim said.

“Yes, it is still under investigation, the case has been referred to Bukit Aman,” he said.

Faizal’s confirmation comes despite DAP vice-chairman Nga Kor Ming claiming he had sought help from home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail to get the police to drop the investigation.

FMT has also reached out to Saifuddin’s office for comment.

On May 5, the group launched a campaign called the “Search for missing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Kubu Baharu”, after it claimed that Teoh’s family had been unable to meet Anwar over the past 17 months, despite repeated attempts to do so.

Its chairman, Ng Yap Hwa, and Teoh’s sister, Lee Lan, were being investigated for intentional insult with the intent to provoke a breach of peace.

Subsequently, Nga, in a speech during the by-election campaign, said the matter is not an issue as he believed the police have received instruction to drop the investigation.

In 2009, Teoh, the former political aide to then Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam, hours after he had gone for questioning at the 14th floor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s Selangor headquarters.

A coroner’s inquest in 2011 delivered an open verdict. His family subsequently filed an appeal against the findings, and three years later, the Court of Appeal ruled that Teoh died from multiple injuries as a result of unlawful acts by unknown persons.