THE police must stop wasting time investigating the people seeking justice for Teoh Beng Hock and instead concentrate on bringing to book those behind his death, a civil society movement said today.
Agora Society said the police must uphold the people's fundamental right to assembly as guaranteed by the Federal Constitution.
“(Instead) the action and behaviour of the police are clearly aimed at harassing and suppressing the supporters and social activists in Teoh Beng Hock's Justice Walk,” the movement said in a statement.
It criticised the government and the police for repeatedly failing to find justice for Beng Hock.
It said Pakatan Harapan had failed to uncover the truth in Beng Hock case during its first term of government in 2018.
“Now PH 2.0 has been in power for a year and eight months. Yet prime minister Anwar has avoided meeting the Teoh family for so long. Is this PH's way of repaying Teoh Beng Hock, a member of DAP who sacrificed his life to defend the Pakatan Rakyat government of Selangor 15 years ago?
“If PH cannot account for the truth of the Teoh Beng Hock case and cannot even do justice, defend the rights and uncover the truth of its own party members, why should the people still believe that this government cares to do something for the lives of the common people?”
The police were supposed to have questioned three members of the Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement yesterday but cancelled at the last minute.
Brickfields police chief Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood declined to confirm whether the probe has been dropped.
He said the police decided there was no need to call anyone in for questioning as of now.
Three members of the group were called up for questioning after the group was intercepted by police on Monday while attempting to enter the Parliament building to deliver a memorandum to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. The group had just ended a a 96km walk to demand justice for Beng Hock.
In the ensuing scuffle, Beng Hock's sister, Lee Lan, fell and was injured.
Lee Lan has been reported as saying that Anwar would be meeting with the Teoh family on August 1.
“The prime minister’s political secretary, Chan Ming Kai, contacted me to arrange a meeting between our family and the prime minister,” she was quoted as saying in Free Malaysia Today. – July 18, 2024.
