Abuse Video - NOT Teoh - Taken from MalaysiaToday.com

Video of Teoh being abused in custody is not him

THURSDAY, 06 AUGUST 2009 08:42

As the news of the inquest into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock starts, so have all the speculations and accusations. On Sunday August 2, an SMS were circulating calling for people to check online (YouTube) to view a video that showed how the late Teoh was assaulted and abused during custody. The video showed some five or six officers of which one of them claimed to be a cop beating up a man who was being interrogated. The link then spread like wild fire and very soon thousands have already viewed how badly a person (alleged to be Teoh) is being treated when in custody. While there is no claim in the site that the person in the video is Teoh, it depicts a frightening view of how suspects are being treated when being interrogated. According to the blogger who uploaded the video, “I would also like to present to you here a short video clip sent to me by a reader of this blog which exposes the obnoxious treatment of a suspect in custody.” Reports confirmed that the person in the video was not Teoh but ultimately it is the manner by which the person was treated which raised eye brows. Some point of transparency should be in place to ensure that suspects are treated fairly and that such violence must not be allowed or condoned in any way.