PUTRAJAYA: Teoh Beng Hock's family has proposed reopening the investigation of the case with the assistance of international crime experts.

"The case has been investigated for 15 years and yet has to be completed," said lawyer Ramkarpal Singh, who represents the family.

"The Prime Minister said he will have a discussion with the Inspector-General of Police regarding the need for expert assistance on this matter." he said.

He added that the Prime Minister agreed to the family's appeal that the investigation of the case needs to be completed quickly.

Meanwhile, Teoh's sister, Lee Lan, said the family was dissatisfied with the case being investigated under Section 342 of the Penal Code since it was reopened in 2018.

"The Court of Appeal ruled that Teoh's death was caused by multiple injuries from a fall from a building caused by 'an unlawful act or acts of an unknown person or persons.'

"This is clearly a murder case and needs to be investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code, where whoever commits murder shall be punished with death.

"The use of Section 342 of the Penal Code was unacceptable and unreasonable to the family," she said.

She said the Prime Minister agreed that the investigation of Teoh's death should fall under Section 302 of the Penal Code and will refer to the police chief.

Additionally, Teoh's mother expressed frustration that the perpetrator has not been charged yet and sought justice for her son's death.

"My son would never commit suicide; he was a great son.

"For the past 15 years, I've always been thinking about my son's death, and I need to know exactly what happened to him," she said while holding back her tears.

Teoh's family arrived at the Prime Minister's office in Putrajaya at 2:48pm today to seek justice for his death in 2009.

Teoh's body was discovered on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam on July 16, 2009.

Before his death, he was questioned overnight by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers on the 14th floor of the building.

Teoh was a political aide to the then-Selangor executive councilor Ean Yong.

In July 2011, the Royal Commission of Inquiry ruled his cause of death as suicide.

The government agreed to compensate the family with RM600,000 as a settlement for a civil suit initiated in 2012 for negligence resulting in his death.

The High Court set Oct 29 to deliver a ruling on a judicial review application brought by Teoh Beng Hock's family against the police over his death in 2009.

The lawyer representing the family, Ramkarpal Singh, said the parties will wait for the court's decision as there is nothing left to be said after the date was set.

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