Beng Hock: The dead brought to life in documentary

Beng Hock: The dead brought to life in documentary - Steve Oh (CPI)

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 be...

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