Flying half way across the world for Beng Hock

 

YOURSAY | “Justice moves slower than Kuala Lumpur traffic on a rainy Friday.”

Beng Hock's case: Sister to address UN rights council

Dr Kam: Teoh Beng Hock died when PKR was running Selangor. During the time of Azmin Ali and Khalid Ibrahim as menteri besar, they could hardly do much with the police and MACC under federal control.

Fast forward 17 years, PKR is now part of the federal government, yet somehow this case, along with the famous Altantuya Shaariibuu case, still behaves like a locked drawer with the key mysteriously missing.

So, the family now must travel all the way to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva just to ask for justice.

Imagine Malaysians needing a boarding pass to find the truth about something that happened in Malaysia.

Naturally, someone will probably say this is “not patriotic.”

But when justice moves slower than Kuala Lumpur traffic on a rainy Friday, people eventually look for another road.

If the system worked properly, no one would need to fly halfway around the world just to ask what really happened.

Anon2000: It’s very sad that citizens must seek outside help for justice. It’s been years, and the culprits have still not been identified.

All it needs is for our prime minister to instruct the right people to investigate without fear, and we will identify the murderers.

But we have a chameleon as a prime minister who only cares about how many votes he can get in the next general election, even if it means putting Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as his deputy prime minister.

NoobMaster69: It's been so long. Those who know something might have already retired, or some might not even know the details or are no longer around.

Even if both the sister and the head of MACC now investigate it, I doubt there is anything they can get out of it. Sometimes it's best to move on and be realistic.

Then again, they might be doing it for the attention and the extra “income”!

Mario T: The family has no recourse and thus turns to the UN for help. When local laws seem to favour a certain community, the others are helpless to seek justice.

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Although the UN may not be able to address this human rights issue, at least the world knows of our biased system of justice. Talk about Palestinian rights, what about ours at home?

Fools Seldom Differ: By virtue of helming the premiership, Anwar Ibrahim is responsible for the administration of the country and its law and order.

If he fails to resolve this, he might as well resign from the government and let someone more righteous and responsible take over.

GoldenParrot4280: This is just my take; it might be wrong. I am no legal expert. Maybe someone did bump Teoh off. Maybe more than one person did it. Maybe all those present that night played a role.

How do you convict all of them if none of them admitted to anything? If it were one or two persons, and none of the others (the innocent ones) admit to witnessing anything or genuinely did not see anything, how would the prosecution make its case?

The case is hard to prove, hard to get a conviction. It might end up with the accused not even being called to enter a defence. Maybe the prosecution should just go for a negligent death case. It is still a criminal case.

But they need to show negligence, which is also lacking in hard evidence. Sad to say, I think there will be no justice in this case.

Maybe his family should leave it to karma. Pursuing this for so many years must have taken a terrible toll.

@Mario T, what local laws are you talking about? They haven't managed to find someone to charge with a crime. The laws haven't even entered the picture yet.

Teoh died mysteriously. No one witnessed what happened. Maybe he was pushed out the window, but by who? No hard evidence. No eyewitness.

@Fools Seldom Differ, if you urge Anwar to resign, then all prime ministers since Teoh’s death should have resigned. Even future ones.

This is one of those cases where, unless someone comes out and accuses someone or testifies that they witnessed the crime, no one can be convicted beyond a reasonable doubt. They can charge someone, but the chances of getting a conviction are low.

Every attempt is made to run down Anwar. Even Teoh’s case is used as a means towards an end.

As for @NoobMaster69, it is precisely as you say. The case happened “so long ago.” Can we then convict someone beyond a reasonable doubt? It is better to sue MACC. Perhaps the civil court will give some form of “justice” and closure. - Mkini