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Rights Of The Dead / Mati Sebelum Ajal.mp4
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Teoh’s family seeks damages from MACC and Government
The Star/Asia News Network
Friday, Feb 22, 2013
KUALA LUMPUR – The family of Teoh Beng Hock is suing the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the Government for their sadness, loss of their dependency and negligence.
However, MACC and the Government are contending that Teoh’s death was due to his own negligence.
They said that Teoh’s fiancee, Soh Cher Wei, had no right to take legal action against them.
In the amended claim, filed on Feb 7 this year, Teoh’s father Teoh Leong Hwee, mother Teng Shuw Hoi, Soh and his son, Teoh Er Jia have been named as plaintiffs. They filed their first claim on Oct 3.
The four plaintiffs have named the MACC, Government and 12 others as defendants.
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Steve Oh: There are many hypotheses on Teoh’s death but there is one foregone conclusion: Teoh was the collateral damage in what now appears a political witchhunt.
Malaysia Chronicle
Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:35
Beng Hock, his killers & the MACC forever captured in landmark documentary of his death
Written by Steve Oh
Teoh Beng Hock was the man who died while in the custody of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters in Shah Alam.
We read about him, we saw his photo in the news, and we remember the emotive images of his sobbing sister.
We knew him as a political worker.
He was law-abiding and trusting of the MACC, a government anti-corruption agency – the good guys who go after the bad guys.
It was Teoh’s fatal mistake in trusting them.
He had gone to their office to help in their investigation over a minor expense, RM 2,400 to be exact, incurred by his boss, a state assemblyman who is a member of the Selangor exco (state executive committee).
We know the rest of the story.
We saw the haunting photo of his body sprawled on the fifth floor of the Plaza Masalam building where the MACC office was located.
We saw the torn pants and I imagined his last thoughts moments before he hit the ground and his young life ended.
A picture paints a thousand words. A sad one draws a thousand tears and makes the widow cry.
Click on the link to read the rest of this:
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This week, it has been released for free online viewing on YouTube and has already gotten 21,633 views in two short days. Please help me to spread this link as widely as possible, to your friends all over the world. This is a story that must not be forgotten. There has been yet another death in custody case this week, Chang Chin Te, who died mysteriously under police lockup.
The Rights of The Dead/Mati Sebelum Ajal (2012)
Running Time: 28m44s
Director: Tricia Yeoh
Producer: Pusat KOMAS
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUEQKfj1tic
This Friday 18th Jan at 9pm Malaysian time, we will have an online panel discussion with myself, Teoh Lee Lan (Beng Hock’s sister) and 3 invited guests. This can be viewed LIVE on the KOMASVIDEOS channel on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/channels?q=komas)
Please see the attached for more information, and let people know about this. Ask me questions via Twitter @freedomfilmfest or Facebook www.facebook.com/freedomfilmfest or email freedomfilmfest@komas.org from now onwards.
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Rights Of The Dead, a film by Tricia Yeo
Directed by Tricia Yeoh. Produced by Pusat KOMAS for FreedomFilmFest 2012.
Synopsis:
In July 2009, the mysterious death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock rocked the nation. His body was found outside the premises of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), where he was being held overnight for interrogation. The filmmaker was herself was a colleague of the deceased working in the Selangor State government. She tries to make sense of the inquest and royal commission of inquiry into his death and takes a critical look at the Malaysian system of government and politics that is ultimately responsible for ensuring justice for its citizens including those who died in custody or while in detention. The film also shares the perspective from Teoh Beng Hock’s family.
A Google Hangout (viewed live on Youtube.com) will be conducted on Friday, 18 th January 2013 at 9pm with director Tricia Yeoh, Teoh Lee Lan (the sister of Beng Hock) and other invited guests to discuss issues raised in the film.
Questions will be collected throughout the week via Twitter (@freedomfilmfest),
Facebook (www.facebook.com/freedomfilmfest) and email
(freedomfilmfest@komas.org).
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