KUALA LUMPUR: The Commission of Inquiry into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock held its last meeting today to discuss several issues before hearing proper begins on Monday.
The commission’s secretary Saripuddin Kasim said three main issues were discussed during the meeting which went on for about three hours at the Jalan Duta courts complex here this afternoon.
“Firstly we have gone through the administrative and logistive aspects of this inquiry, including visiting the courtroom (the biggest in the court) where we’ll be hold the inquiry,” he said.
Saripuddin said most matters will be formally addressed on Monday, including the application by Teoh’s family lawyer Karpal Singh and Malik Imtiaz Sarwar for the Selangor government to be able to represent during the hearing.
The lawyers have previously written letters to the inquiry secretariat seeking permission to be allowed to act for the family and the state government respectively and have the right to cross-examine witnesses.
“We were also briefed by the conducting officers on the progress of the preparations so far and we are satisfied with all of that,” added Saripuddin.
“We know this case is of public concern and we will do our best,” he said, adding that the hearing will be held at the 3rd floor of the court complex at 9am on Monday.
Earlier, the commission members also met up with Teoh’s sister Lee Lan and her lawyers Karpal and Gobind Singh Deo.
During the informal meeting which lasted about 15 minutes, concerns were raised over the court revision of Teoh’s inquest verdict that is pending.
Karpal said that there should not be a revision and an inquiry on the same matter concurrently.
“We can’t go on with both. There will be conflict in the findings later on. It must have one only, we cannot have one concurrently,” he said.
Other major issues brought up at the informal meeting included the dates of the inquiry hearing and the list of witnesses.
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