KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman will consult the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) on the witness statements in connection with the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock.
Heeding the High Court's instruction for the investigation to be completed within six months, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin said they would look at existing witnesses and how their statements could help.
"We will get advice from the AGC in the course of completing this investigation.
"Discussion with the AGC, especially on witness statements, is crucial towards completing it," he told reporters after attending a graduation ceremony for police trainees at the Police Training Centre (Pulapol) here on Friday (Nov 22).
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The IGP said the time given by the court would be enough for police to wrap up the investigation.
"The Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director (Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain) will oversee the investigation," he added.
On Thursday (Nov 21), the High Court gave the Royal Malaysia Police six months to complete its investigation into Teoh's death over 15 years ago.
Justice Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh made the mandamus order after allowing an application for a judicial review by Teoh’s parents.
In his grounds of judgment, Justice Wan Ahmad Farid, now a Court of Appeal judge, said he found the police investigation had not been conducted with all convenient speed.
He said the failure to complete the investigation “without unnecessary delay” was in breach of Section 120(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code and therefore amenable to judicial review.
“The interest of justice dictates that there has to be finality in this case. There has to be closure for everything," he said.
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Teoh was found dead on July 16, 2009, on the fifth floor of the Plaza Masalam building in Shah Alam after testifying at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office on the 14th floor.
On Jan 5, 2011, the Shah Alam Coroner's Court ruled that Teoh's death in 2009 was not due to suicide or murder, and found that there was no third party involved in his death.
On July 21, 2011, a Royal Commission of Inquiry ruled that his death was a suicide.
However, in September 2014, the Court of Appeal ruled that his death was caused by multiple injuries from a fall from the MACC office, which was accelerated by “an unlawful act or acts of person or persons unknown”, including MACC officers who were involved in the case.
