Beng Hock Vigils all over

Peaceful expressions of distress, disagreement, extreme displeasure over the MACC death debacle will pan out the following weeks. The followng are some:

Justice for Teoh Beng Hock events

19 July (Sunday)
4.30 pm: Justice for Beng Hock Solidarity Gathering (organized by Selangor state government)
Stadium Kelana Jaya

20 July (Monday)
10 am: Funeral Beng Hock’s family home, Alor Gajah

21 July (Tuesday)
10 am: Memorandum to Prime Minister to demand for Royal Commission of Inquiry (Pakatan Youth Wings)
PM’s Office, Putrajaya

21 July (Tuesday)
8 pm: Justice for Beng Hock Solidarity Gathering Kompleks Masyarakat Penyayang, Jalan Utama, Penang

22 July (Wednesday)
8 pm: Justice for Beng Hock Solidarity Gathering Malacca DAP Headquarter

23 July (Thursday)
8 pm: Justice for Beng Hock Solidarity Gathering Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, KL
Malaysia Today

Ipoh had one tonight. Pictures at the scene there sent in by Jong depicted below in the slide.

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Beng Hock in Remembrance | Pix credits : Jong

MACC | Why was Beng Hock interrogated?

Have you heard who our Government Auditor General is?

I don't know his name, how he looks like or what he has ever said or stated.

Shukri Abdull, the Division Investigation Director of MACC, did not appear to be very aware of what was happening on his watch from the Press Statements he made and produced below. He was very clear of one thing - he was "not sure who is involved [4]" and pertinently what was involved. His men were merely "browsing". I thought the Auditor General could send his men down to scan through some documents and obtain general data to form a basis if an investigation is warranted. Shukri's Office only has general information that there were misappropriation of state rep's funds! What's damning he "don't know who is the suspect". Don't ask me if a witness is necessary when there isn't a suspect! You have a murder but there's no body!

One thing is apparent! Shukri Abdul and his men are jokers and appear to be persecuting citizens whose standing in the community is of reasonable repute.

According to Article 5 of the Federal Constitution there certainly has been wanton gross abuse of human rights!

Excerpts of Shukri Abdul's Q&A
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Shukri said Teoh was not a suspect but was questioned as part of their investigations into the misuse of state allocations.
Malaysian Insider

2
Who was this witness?

The deceased was a special assistant to the Seri Kembangan State assemblyman.
Malay Mail

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He repeatedly stressed that Teo was merely a witness in the investigation and not being probed.
Malaysia Kini

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We receive general information that there were misappropriation of state rep's funds. We are not focusing on any specific state rep. We are not sure who is involved. We are visiting certain areas, checking documents, to see if the allegations are true.

We don't know who is the suspect.
Malaysia Kini

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Article 5 of the Federal Constitution clearly states that:

1. No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty save in accordance with law.

2. Where a complaint is made to the High Court or any judge thereof that a person is being unlawfully detained, the court shall inquire into the complaint and, unless satisfied that the detention is lawful, shall order him to be produced before the court and release him.

3. Where a person is arrested, he shall be informed as soon as may be of the grounds of his arrest and shall be allowed to consult and be defended by a legal practitioner of his choice.

4. Where a person is arrested and not released, he shall, without unreasonable delay, and in any case within 24 hours (excluding the time of any necessary journey) be produced before a magistrate and shall not be further detained in custody without the magistrate's authority:

Provided that this clause shall not apply to the arrest or detention of any person under the existing law relating to restricted residence, and all the provisions of this clause shall be deemed to have been an integral part of this Article as from Merdeka Day.

Anwar | Past the future?

Anwar Ibrahim appears to present a sort of elements of dualism to observers.

To local Malaysian politics watchers he is a unifier of all opposition movements and currently heads a teething and consolidating political front. Those in UMNO-Malay ranks think he's a wrecker, a one-man demolition team against national unity and the country

Then there's the on-going stale sodomy trial which seems to be a kind of quick fix for BN's endless troubles. They say he's a double edge sword. If the Judges convict him on trumped up charges, he'll be annointed a martyr, dimming any shine that Najib has acquired.

On the heels of the Manek Urai victory, a win of 65 votes majority for PAS, loom challenges to the future as a political party where Anwar is not absent, at the very least, the newness in the breath of fresh moves by the party to present PAS as a party for all.

There's the PAS problems; the false charges problems; then there's the teething Pakatan Rakyat's problems. Right in the thick of things is Anwar, the denominator that wields through what appear to be disparate efforts to move and embed change into the politics and lives of Malaysians. A change that is so badly wanting to restore nurturing elements to a prospering economic potential of an Asian nation and the sanity to the the country's badly marauded institutiouns.

Is Anwar a pass and a way forward out of all the problems? The government thinks so, too, and has tripped all over including being battered in its image for the death of a young political secretary, Teoh Beng Hock from an apparent fall off the windows of the MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) building.

MACC | Death on doorstep - Lies, deceit, deaths and decay besiege the Nation

Teo Beng Hock, 30, dead near MACC Office

Things are getting out of hand now in what may appear like the end of the line for Malaysia's extreme conservative politics. Many will hope and work in optimism in the faith for enduring values.

We should all clamor and demand for a public Inquest into the death of the young man, Teo, the circumstances surrounding whose misfortune seem devious.

We have UMNO people suggesting to the public "he jumped" as Nazri Aziz, the joker did.

"Then he should have gone home (instead)....and how would we know that he would jump out of the building?"
Malaysiakini

And we have the bumbling MACC, full of men enslaved to a devious aim ... stopping the legitimate process of human endeavor. These BN men, in the party or in the Police or MACC, appear devoid of any semblance of human decency whose attainment they fake to crave for.

With all the repressive means in place, the government isn't content but continue to ruin public institutions for personal ambitions of party members. Will this late scourge seal the end of our country led by a PM who is bent on polishing his ego?

The investigations are led by a person under whose watch a Malaysian died in the lockup and judged wantonly negligent.

Let's call for that public Inquest!

More here -

The Malaysian Insider

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  Malaysia Today
  
• The writing was on the wall
  
  MalaysiaKini
  
• Mystery shrouds death
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  The Star Online
  
• Zaid on Najib