SHAH ALAM — 2009 · Suspicious Death
The Death of Teoh Beng Hock
Teoh Beng Hock, political aide to a Selangor state executive councillor, was taken to the Shah Alam office of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on 15 July 2009 as a graft-probe witness and questioned overnight. The following afternoon he was found dead on a lower rooftop of the building next to the office. His family, noting he was due to marry the next day, rejected suicide. A 2011 inquest returned an open verdict, and a Royal Commission later that year found suicide driven by aggressive interrogation. In 2014, however, the Court of Appeal ruled the death was caused by unlawful acts of unknown persons, including MACC officers. No one has been prosecuted.
- Date
- 2009
- Place
- Selangor, Malaysia, Shah Alam, MY
- Category
- Suspicious Death
- Case Status
- Unsolved
- Coordinates
- 3.0740, 101.5180 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 15 July 2009Teoh Beng Hock was taken to the MACC office and questioned overnight.
- 16 July 2009He was found dead on the roof of the adjacent building.
- January 2011The inquest returned an open verdict.
- July 2011A Royal Commission called it suicide driven by interrogation pressure.
- September 2014The Court of Appeal ruled the death was caused by unlawful acts of unknown persons.
Sources
- Malaysiakini — SU politik exco mati jatuh bangunan SPRM (2009) malaysiakini.com ↗
- Malay Mail — Beng Hock's death not suicide, caused by unknown persons and MACC, court rules malaymail.com ↗
- Wikipedia — Teoh Beng Hock en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Malaysiakini
- Malay Mail
- Wikipedia
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