Several Tests on Teoh were not done?? - Taken from Bernama Online

August 13, 2009 15:26 PM

Forensic Expert Admits Several Tests Were Not Done

SHAH ALAM, Aug 13 (Bernama) -- Several important tests were not done at the place where Teoh Beng Hock's body was found, a police forensic expert told the inquest on Thursday.

Investigating officer Chief Inspector Mazli Jusoh said he also did not examine the body for fingerprints, his clothes and belt worn during the incident.

He also did not take measures to determine where did the chalk marks on the sole of Teoh' s right shoe came from.

"Its not my job to examine the body," said Mazli 31, from Selangor police headquarters forensic branch.

Asked by lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar why no analysis was done on the black stain on Teoh's pants to check if it was a match to the dent in the floor where the body was found, Mazli said: "Not done."

"So, the black stain on his pants was caused by the floor was only an assumption?" Malik asked to which Mazli agreed.

He also testified that no tests were done to compare scratch marks on the window at level 14 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office with the belt worn by Teoh.

Malik Imtiaz: "Was dusting (for fingerprints)) done on the wall outside the window at level 14?"

Mazli: "No, I only checked visually (by looking out the window)."

He said that he took two swab samples from the sofa where Teoh was sitting and lying in the office but did not do polylight test.

Polylight test was also not done at level 5 where the body of Teoh, political secretary to a Selangor Exco member, was found on July 16.

The proceeding before coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas continues tomorrow.