PUTRAJAYA: The magistrate conducting the inquest must deliver a conclusive decision on the cause of DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock’s death and not give an open verdict, the Court of Appeal here heard.
Lawyer Gobind Singh Deo submitted that a magistrate was empowered under the Criminal Procedure Code to make a finding that the cause of death was murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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