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August 07, 2009 15:54 PM

Counsel To Request Investigation On Teoh Pushed From Plaza Masalam

SHAH ALAM, Aug 7 (Bernama) -- Counsel Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief in the inquest on Teoh Beng Hock's death, may request for investigation be conducted on the possibility that the political aide was pushed from Plaza Masalam where he was earlier questioned by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

He said he would submit the application to coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas for an order be made to the police to conduct such an investigation.

"So far, the inquest proceeding is directed at an investigation into a theory that Teoh fell or committed suicide.

"However, the possibility of Teoh died after being pushed was not investigated," he told reporters after visiting Plaza Masalam, here, and the spot where Teoh was found dead.

Teoh, 30, political aide to the Chairman of the Selangor State Committee on New Villages and Illegal Factories Management, Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on July 16, on the fifth floor corridor of Plaza Masalam, after giving a statement as a witness in the investigation into the misappropriation of Selangor state government funds, to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Selangor located at the plaza.

Gobind said so far, witnesses in the inquest proceedings were only willing to testify on the possibility of Teoh being killed after falling from the building or suicide.

"There was no investigation on the possibility of Teoh being pushed. It is not that it was not investigated, perhaps it was overlooked," he added.

On Friday, the coroner's court held a visit to Plaza Masalam and also the spot where Teoh was found dead on June 16.

Azmil Muntapha, accompanied by three court staff, arrived in a police pajero at about 9.30am and and then went up to the 14th and 15th floor of the building, where the MACC office is located, before going to the fifth floor where Teoh's body was found.

-- BERNAMA