"We cannot accept or respect this verdict"

(The Sun) - The open verdict is one that will not be accepted by the family of Teoh Beng Hock, and they demand answers to his death and justice to be done.

Speaking in tears in a press conference after the verdict was delivered by coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas at the magistrate's court here today, Teoh’s younger sister Lee Lan said: "Is this your answer? We cannot accept or respect this verdict. How can we find peace with this verdict? This is a homicide case – everyone can see that."

Teoh's mother Teng Shuw Hor was also seen crying.

Counsel for Teoh’s family Karpal Singh said that the family has been advised to apply for a revision to the verdict to the high court and that the family will push for a finding of homicide.

"The coroner should not have given an open verdict. This is a miscarriage of justice as the evidence shows that this is homicide," said Karpal.

Karpal will also be pushing for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI), to run concurrently with the revision.
"I do not think the public will accept the decision. We will file for both as soon as possible – it will be given top priority."

Lead counsel Gobind Singh Deo questioned the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on the findings by Azmil on pre-fall injuries, and urged the police to relook their reports.

"The standard of investigation was far from satisfactory in many aspects," said Gobind.

DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang paralleled Karpal’s comment, adding that the open verdict has pushed the 18-month long case back to the start.

"Although the coroner has accepted that there were pre-fall injuries, there is still a need for a total, comprehensive investigation to all aspects leading to Teoh’s death," said Lim.

"What happened on July 16, 2009, has shaken public confidence on key institutions to the very root, and that has not been restored or remedied. The PM himself has given assurance to the family that if the family is not satisfied, an RCI will be given. It is time for him to honour his word," he added.

DAP Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah expressed disappointment over the verdict. "I am disappointed with the open verdict and we will use all our means to find the truth."

Ean Yong, for whom Teoh was a political aide, also urged the prime minister to set up the commission.

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written by Voter get Voters 1, January 06, 2011 14:49:36

Vote OUT ALL MCA running dogs. These MCA are fcukers who sold their soul to umNO for a piece of silver. They enrich themselves while pretend to protect chinese interest.
MCA members are REAL traitors to ALL chinese and by extension a TRAITOR to ALL Malaysians.
MCA n Gerakan are elegantly silent on TBH case. Fcukeers mca,gerakan running dogs/bitches

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written by malaysianforever, January 06, 2011 12:57:50

I empathise with Teoh's family. I am very angry with this stupid verdict. In Malaysia as long as you are in the opposition, seeking justice in the court is like looking a needle in tha Atlantic ocean floor.

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written by bambooman, January 06, 2011 11:31:59

Hello Malaysia,
YOU have to 'accept' and 'respect' this verdict becos the verdict favours UMNO and its killers ! ! ! !
So, my fellow malaysian.........do you still wanna keep UMNO in Putrajaya ? ? ? ?
..........not for meeeeeeeeee ! !...........Gong Xi Fa Cai ! ! ! !

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written by Don Vito Corleone, January 06, 2011 11:31:54

chinese should stop voting for BN...period.

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written by JJFoo, January 06, 2011 10:28:56

It is neither suicide nor homicide, it’s the act of “GOD” and UMNO/BN is the “GOD”.

At this moment they act like “GOD” simply because they are untouchable, they are untouchable simply because the stupid Rakyat allow them to be so.

It’s time for the Rakyat to wake-up and kick some butts.

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written by JJFoo, January 06, 2011 10:21:20

MCA and Gerakan must be feeling proud of this so called “verdict” and may all of them continue to sleep peacefully during the night for having blood on their hands too.

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written by Pegasus, January 06, 2011 09:19:20

My named is ameno ! I do as i like and please! By now you know that Teoh Beng Hock case has close without anyone being charge for the murder! Well, ameno is being this cover-up murder case! First attempt fail with teoh beng hock murder, they ameno stop their operation of taking over selangor! But now again they are trying their second attempt to take over the selangor government by means of appointment of ameno balauci!

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written by doggone, January 06, 2011 09:13:42

IT IS NOT SUICIDE.
IT IS NOT HOMICIDE.
COULD IT THEN BE FAMICIDE cum GENOCIDE
COMMITTED BY PARASITES?
YOU DECIDE !!!

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written by Bob, January 06, 2011 08:49:06

thank you mahathir for creating such kangaroo courts in malaysia.........we are all doomed

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written by Taikohtai, January 06, 2011 08:43:28

Time to close shop Talent Corp. With such perceived injustice, no Malaysian overseas is going to come back and get murdered for nothing! TBH shall not die in vain and we shall continue to tell his story to all our overseas friends.

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written by pinsysu, January 06, 2011 08:35:54

truth can only be revealed if there's change in the government. until then whatever efforts are futile. the orang cina is to be blamed for putting the BN_UMNO into power for 53+ yrs mainly bcos either they only want to protect their livelihood (out of fear & vote BN) or they tidak apa busy cari makan & dun vote. keep foaming in ur mouth & nothing is ever going to change as long as the corrupted regime remains in power. the oppositions are a tad disappointing but i am willing to give them a chance.

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written by devious17, January 06, 2011 08:29:29

Either this Azmil Muntapha Abas is too scared for his life OR he's on the take like the rest of the umno/bn officials either way it is a kangaroo's court that this country applies.

Now who says the arms of the law is far reaching? I beg to differ now cause in TBH's case neither was there a suicide nor a murder. Who says crime doesnt pay? Didnt the court met our an open verdict?

Justice is dead in Malaysia, so many high profile cases are either non conclusive, broken or biased in its judgement. May Allah/God save this country.

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written by mick_err_stan, January 06, 2011 08:10:09

Every Rakyat with some intelligence knows that TBH was murdered by a MACC officer(s). This injustice define the government of the day.......................You can cover-up, you can lie, but the Rakyat knows the murderer that you are!!!! SIAL BETUL Kerajaan ini !!!!

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written by earthman, January 06, 2011 07:59:06

I sympathized and offer my condolence to the family of Teoh Beng Hock. But take heart justice will be done for God is watching every thing. The corrupt and evil will be judge soon.
Its not that the judge is not fair or ignorant but sometimes the evidences are just not very outstanding. The responsibility and fault as for now is that MACC called Teoh to their office for such a small sum of money and not ensuring his safety while he is there.
Take heart and have faith for justice always triumph in the end.

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written by flyer168, January 06, 2011 07:26:54

Just to share this...

Saturday July 31, 2010 - Your 10 questions for Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam - http://biz.thestar.com.my/news...c=business

“…Having been a child of Merdeka and sharing the Merdeka spirit and ethos, I am naturally disappointed that the civil service and the public service have become Malay-dominated. Our political leaders should not have allowed this to happen. This trend is detrimental to national unity and erodes the Government’s ideals of 1Malaysia .

People have been losing confidence in the public service and are inclined to criticise, sometimes even unfairly, because they do not identify with its composition nor its apparent ethnic partisanship

But now the whole system has got so skewed that we have to take bold measures to rectify the situation as soon as possible before it’s too late….” Unquote.

You be the judge.

Cheers.

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written by tmf, January 06, 2011 07:19:22

TBH died while in MACC's custody for a frivolous investigation and that in turn was the attempt of the BN government to creat issues to take over the PR state government.

The collective cover-up by MACC on the brutality inflicted on TBH is obvious and such collective cover-up is possible because the officers involved knew the real political agenda in the investigation and that they will be protected by the power of the day. Therefore the sloppy police investigation and the failed inquest.

The inquest failed because it allowed MACC officers to lied and to deceieved the court. Most telling was the fact that the officers were summoned to Putrajaya for direction upon the "discovery" of TBH's body instead of informing the police immediately and of course the pre-fall injury on TBH's neck, discovered and revealed only upon the second autopsy supervised by Dr. Porntip.

It is noted that an inquest is a court of law but not a court of justice. But justice is trully what the people are all asking for.

Only justice will bring a closure to the suffering of the Teoh's family and also the anxiety of the society at large.

I believe that all those who were involved in directly and indirectly causing the death of TBH will be haunted for the rest of their lives if justice is not served. Only the truth will set them free from within their souls.

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written by arazak, January 06, 2011 03:59:37

UMNO's murderous henchmen got off the hook again. . .!

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written by FreeAsian, January 06, 2011 03:48:53

Perhaps the coroner is saying that this is an accidental death, that Teoh just happened to be walking out of the window instead of a door in the middle of the night?! Otherwise, saying that there is insufficient evidence to point the finger one way or the other is either a cop-out or, more likely, another cover-up by the authorities.

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written by magickriver, January 06, 2011 02:15:42

Teoh Beng Hock lives in all of us. Together we shall push Umno/BN out the 100th floor of 1Najib's Merdeka Tower. Splat!

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written by ChrisNg, January 06, 2011 01:33:07

im so sad, angry and scared....

in this country, with money and power (you can just kill someone whoever and whenever u like)

this is very serious! and yet it seems most of our rakyat seems to ignore this and be selfish....

the judge will go to hell....

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written by CSum, January 06, 2011 00:34:02

It is not suicide and not homicide ? Then what the fxxk happened ? Where is your integrity ?

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written by cpchen, January 05, 2011 23:26:14

I just can't believed what has been verdict by our great coroner judge, it is so absurd. Pi Mai Pi Mai, Tang tu? wasted our time and money. This is a laughing stock of the world. We rakyat has had enough of it. Malaysia Boleh? Pls make sure we vote for a better team of executives in running our beloved country and get those morons, perogol, murderer and suckers out in the coming GE13.

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written by asiana888, January 05, 2011 23:18:12

BeeEnd will always play wayang kulit with the rakyat. They think that by having a coroner 'investigate' this death ... and prolonged as long as possible, the rakyat will forget about Teoh Beng Hock. They are far from wrong.
1. Coroner Azmil, I think you can go to Haj another 10 times and when you go meet your Maker, He will ask you is that your true finding? Bertaubat lah!
2. I already got 2 new voters registered and they will vote Pakatan. What are the rest our truth-loving rakyat going to do? Go and get your friends and relatives to register for coming GE13.

We need to rid our country of these evil goons so that our children got a better Malaysia to live in.
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written by Aduh, January 05, 2011 23:15:15

if one wants to know the kind of justice, or rather injustice perpetrated by najis and his beEND gangsters, read the article under the heading , ' Ex-Cop Claims DNA Evidence Faked In Anwar 1998 Case. ' posted in this blog. Probably what you gather from it is just the tip of the iceberg. .So figure out yourself how ridiculously untenable the situation is in Malaysia.

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written by Takiaki, January 05, 2011 22:49:46

I am lost for words to describe this absurdity. Who in the right mind would want these people to have the power to lead others? whoever vote these people into power are sinners and murderers as well. How can you sleep at night with blood in your hands?

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written by temenggong, January 05, 2011 22:21:02

Somebody in MACC Selangor wrung his neck and threw him out of the window!

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written by Windchime, January 05, 2011 21:43:55

Lest we forget for the late Mr. Teoh - for justice to prevail in this country and to bring some sanity back to the system, we the rakyat have to do the right thing. The choice is in your hands.

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written by lelong _sick, January 05, 2011 21:43:41

that's it.. keep voting BN... there shall be more this kind of treatment to the rakyat unless BN is voted out and put for the firing squad.
Anwar had once said ' if I, as a former deputy Prime Minister can be mistreated as such, just imagine those of you on the street"...
And I also remember many did snub him and said.. "why should he get the best treatment.. just because he is a former Deputy PM?"
So now I hope the masses understood his concern..
I hope Malaysia still have chance for change..
VOTE FOR CHANGE.. VOTE BN OUT!!

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written by Up Yours!, January 05, 2011 21:21:31

They got away with murder, AGAIN! smilies/angry.gif

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written by kclim, January 05, 2011 21:20:28

Stupid country we live in. Government thinks we are all morons.
It was not suicide means TBH did not end his own life. That we believe.
It was not homicide means TBH was not intentionally killed by anyone. Such a far fetched story.
However he died not of natural causes, so something or someone caused TBH to die.
Next the MACC would lead us to believe that TBH went berserk and tried to attack their officers.
Acting in self defence they unintentionally exerted excessive force to overcome TBH causing his accdental death. Or perhaps in his haste to flee from his imenacing nterrogators he escaped through an open window, lost his balance and fell to his death. So the verdict is not suicide nor homicide but accidental death due to misadventure while visiting the MACC office.
Everything is now explained and the case is now declared solved and closed with no further action.
What a stupid country we live in. Please vote during the next general election to exercise our "stupidity" or we forever rest in peace. TBH would have died in vain if the morons in us continue to vote for BN. For TBH's sake and the sacrifice he made to free us of this evil bondage please vote PR always.

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written by Susuit, January 05, 2011 21:03:22

As long as UMNO/BN is running the government. You can expect the unexpected.

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written by Stupid me, January 05, 2011 20:44:54

It is not suicide and not homicide. Then probably it must be maccide, your honour.

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written by mick_err_stan, January 05, 2011 20:37:02

Curi wang rakyat, Rogol, Bunuh.......B%#stard !!!! Sial Betul Kerajaan ini !!!! MTFkr !!! Blood is boiling !!!!!!! #@$&%*&^%$!!!!!!

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written by Angela Ooi, January 05, 2011 20:21:37

It is horrendous that the F#@!%$# Bn Govt INSENSITIVELY AND SHAMELESSLY CONTINUES TO PROLONG THE AGONY OF THE BEREAVED FAMILY OF TBH this way. We SHALL REMEMBER THIS DURING the TENANG BY-Election and the approaching GE

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written by malsia1206, January 05, 2011 19:32:11

In Malaysia, high profile murderers are getting away with their crimes. Remember the Mongolian deceased mother who was blown by C4? And the death of the deceased Teoh? Point all the dots to Putrajaya. Point again these dots to UMNO and the culture of their politics. Point again the dots to some corrupt politicians who work in tandem with the Government agencies. It would not stop with MACC. Remember again the former IGP who had retired? Remember the AG? Remember the so-called Palace of Justice and the Institution? Remember Perak? Remember the appointment of the Chief Secretary in Selangor? Is this the Malaysia we all truly desire when we vote for Barisan? Go figure.

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written by Voter get Voters 1, January 05, 2011 19:27:56

Dr. Setev Shaariibuu Altantuya parting words to the Malaysian Government and to ALL Malaysians was these " where is your JUSTICE ?, where is your CONSCIENCE ? where is your HUMANITY ?. I am a proud and patriotic Malaysian but I am utterly ashamed of this Goverment.
Each one of us must get at least 10 voters ( d more d merrier) to vote for PR.

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written by Voter get Voters 1, January 05, 2011 19:21:09

Listen ALL of you out there. There is really NOTHING we can do cos whatever we do ...it always falls on deaf ears and blind eyes....all the time.
The ONLY one thing we ALL CAN do and SHOULD do is to get more ppl to vote for PR.
Voting OUT bn is the best JUSTICE we ALL can do for TBH, Altantuya,Kugan,Amirul and countless others.
Heard me ?.... Lets work harder and get more ppl to vote PR.