INQUEST PUT OFF AT REQUEST OF TEOH'S FAMILY

Fri, Feb 19, 2010
National
Latest Update: 1.13pm

SHAH ALAM: The inquest into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock at the Shah Alam Magistrate’s court today was adjourned to March 1 to allow his legal team to study the second autopsy report by Dr Shahidan Md Noor, the chief pathologist in Sungai Buloh Hospital.

The adjournment was sought by Gobind Deo, Teoh’s family lawyer.

Gobind said there was a lot of information and reports to be read and as such needed more time to do so.

Earlier, Dr Shaidan testified that he disagreed with Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojasunnand’s report that Teoh might have been murdered.

He said he had testified that Teoh died as a result of a fall from a high building and that there was no trace of physical abuse by any individual.

Majistrate Azmil Muntapha Abas is presiding over the inquest.

Dr Shahidan, had conducted the second autopsy last November following a court order to exhume Teoh’s body for a second check after Dr Pornthip raised doubts about the cause of his death.

Teoh’s employers, the Selangor government, had engaged Dr Pornthip to testify.

Teoh, a political aide to Selangor state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on the 5th floor of Plaza Masalam in Shah alam on July 16 after being quizzed by Selangor MACC at its office on July 15.

He was questioned about allegations that some state legislators had misappropriated Selangor government funds.