(The Malaysian Insider) - A respected former senior judge has branded the three judges on the Teoh Beng Hock royal commission of inquiry (RCI) “three blind mice” for concluding that the political aide committed suicide despite lacking expert opinion.
Former High Court and Court of Appeal judge Datuk N. H. Chan said the commission had “no business” forming such an opinion as none of the experts it called upon gave the opinion that Teoh committed suicide.
He pointed out that this went against Section 45 of the Evidence Act 1950, which states that when a court has form an opinion on a point of science, the opinions of experts are relevant facts.
“Without any relevant fact, that is to say, without an opinion from an expert, a court is unable to form an opinion upon... the scientific point that Teoh Beng Hock took his own life. In this case, none of the experts gave the opinion that Teoh took his own life,” Chan said in an essay sent to The Malaysian Insider.
“The commissioners must not substitute their own opinion for that of the experts! Yet this was precisely what the RCI did! By assuming the mantle of a forensic psychiatric expert it came to the conclusion that Teoh took his own life.”
He added that the finding that Teoh was driven to suicide after relentless questioning from Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers was also unfounded, and lamented the fact that the public still did not know how the political aide died.
The RCI unanimously ruled that Teoh, aide to Selangor executive councillor and Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah, committed suicide as a result of pressure from aggressive and continuous questioning by anti-graft officers.
Comments (6)..
written by arazak, July 31, 2011 17:32:40
Not only blind. . ., but stupid UMNO dick suckers too! ...
written by malsia1206, July 31, 2011 17:08:32
The majority of the rakyat who do not have a legal mind by training have already found the RCI findings untenable.
It's a whitewash. Many can still find the deceased blood stains all over in the Report. It ain't over just yet. ...
written by batsman, July 31, 2011 17:07:38
That is why RCI judges must not have any bosses and be independent. Having a sitting judge heading the RCI casts doubt on the independence of the RCI. ...
written by batsman, July 31, 2011 17:01:41
So the 3 judges are saying they knew TBH's mind at the crucial moment he fell. I say they knew their bosses mind better based on possibilities and probabilities of real life. ...
written by batsman, July 31, 2011 16:58:36
Between aggressive and brutal questioning and a dead witness - there was a blank to be filled. Was it ..
a) Murder?
b)Suicide?
c)Accident?
d)Causes still unknown?
In line with how Malaysians are educated these days, the blank was filled out as b) Suicide. ...
written by NSTPravda, July 31, 2011 16:32:37
Read lah 1My Oaf 1My Qur'4n swearing pink pouting lip$
Aiyah, even our ex colonialist ma$ter and the Ular Syaitan says that "justice is blind", we your new ma$ter is just giving you a new improved version of ju$tice by making our judges blind, c**k-eyed or at leas clo$e one eye, rendering most of them the be$t that any money can buy. Bersih kotor, rasuah saya, C4 akbar!
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