The mother of the late Teoh Beng Hock (centre) with a picture of him in her arms. The family of the former Selangor political aide would receive RM600,000 in damages after Putrajaya and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission admitted negligence. – The Malaysian Insider pic, May 12, 2015.Putrajaya and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has admitted negligence in the death of former Selangor political aide Teoh Beng Hock, and were today directed by the court to pay his family RM600,000 in damages and RM60,000 in costs.
Lawyer for Teoh's family, Gobind Singh Deo, said the family now wanted the police to conduct further investigations into Teoh's death and charge those responsible.
"I think this is a great victory for the Teoh family. After six years of legal battles, they now have an acknowledgment by the MACC and government that they are responsible for his death.
"We will continue to push the police for action in the matter. We have done all we possibly can in the matter legally. It is now for the police to do the needful and we will not stop pushing for justice for Teoh Beng Hock," Gobind said in a statement today.
Teoh's family sued 10 MACC officers, the MACC and Putrajaya for negligence and assault while he was held in their custody. He fell to his death at the Selangor MACC office at Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam on July 16, 2009, after hours of being interrogated by anti-graft officers into alleged corruption involving a state assemblyman.
The family's suit was filed in October 2012 and the defendants had counter-claimed that Teoh's death was caused by his own negligence.
- TMI
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