Malaysiakini
Apr 15, 10 3:59pm
Teoh Beng Hock’s family today urged Prime Minister Najib Razak to give Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand the necessary guarantees to enable her to testify in the inquest which is probing the cause of death of the political aide.
At a press conference at the Parliament lobby today, Beng Hock’s sister Lee Lan read a prepared statement on behalf the family, expressing their sadness over news that Pornthip would not be testifying.
“We don’t want the inquest to end with a question mark,” she said.
Lee Lan added that Pornthip’s presence at the inquest was vital because the prominent Thai pathologist was their best hope in unearthing the truth behind Beng Hock’s death.
“We hope that Pornthip can help us to find out the truth. But all of a sudden… she was not able to come to testify. Everything is now back to square one. How can we not be disappointed?”
Lee Lan said that if the case remains unsolved, it would be the family’s “greatest regret”.
She also reminded Najib that he had once said “no stone will be left unturned in finding out the real cause of death”.
Najib, at a meeting with members of Teoh’s family in July last year, also vowed that action would be taken should there be foul play.
Lee Lan said that the prime minister should provide Pornthip the following:
1) An official guarantee from the government and the attorney-general regarding her safety;
2) That she be allowed to perform her professional duty as an independent witness in the Teoh case; and
3) Her on-going investigations in southern Thailand, which require her to travel to Kelantan, will not be affected by her involvement in the inquest.
According to Lee Lan, Pornthip’s testimony, when the inquest resumes next Tuesday, will be “the best birthday present for Beng Hock.”
The inquest which is set to resume next week coincidentally falls on the same date as Teoh’s birthday, April 20.
‘Instantaneous action’
Ipoh Timur parliamentarian Lim Kit Siang, who was also at the press conference, demanded an immediate response from Najib.
“In this day and age of instantaneous communication, with a prime minister that is IT savvy – he has a blog, he has Twitter and Facebook – I hope that he will find out about this and respond instantly.”
Najib is currently overseas in the US and will only be back next week after a three-day visit to Japan.
He also questioned Home Minister Hishammudin Hussein’s “wobbling” response to the issue.
“He should stop wobbling and waffling. The home minister should give his unconditional and unequivocal guarantee of Pornthip’s safety. How difficult is that? If he cannot, let someone else be home minister.”
Hishammuddin had demanded Pornthip to furnish him with exact details of the alleged threats before he can guarantee her personal safety.
“Hishammuddin had demanded Pornthip to furnish him with exact details of the alleged threats before he can guarantee her personal safety.”
As if the guy(s) who allegedly threatened her will reveal to her who he / they are. Hishamuddin is talking kok as is his usual style. With this Home Minister who always talk kok, is the country safe?
The last time Pornthip was here, she was followed by unknown persons in cars. What did the police do then?
On the other hand, does PR, TBH’s family, Selangor government etc really want Pornthip to testify? Maybe she has very damaging report this time against TBH’s case. She may just say suicide or not homicide. Unless TBH’s people know something the rest of us don’t.
If the family of TBH had consulted a medium and had spoken to the spirit of TBH, through the medium, they would have known the full details leading to the death.
There is a lady psychic in America who has successfully help the police to solve many cases.
I believe Pornthip is someone who has the power to communicate with the spirit of a dead person.
Crooks protect each other…especially MACC keep protecting Najib.
Najib OK Teoh’s family request…he will need to get ready millions…to make sure any MACC men charged and hanged…money will be the settlement…..with the family…or else…he will get himself into hot soup.
Mongolian model did that…with money.
Cover ups upon cover ups ……preventing crooks to be caught…with money to buy up some police officers..some judges and people…all done successfully by Najib.
But every good or bad action has an equal good or bad reaction.
Slowly all will be blown wide open….as we can see now…Malaysia is so far behind than those neighboring countries we considered far behind us ….previously. Now they are far far far ahead of us.
Any level headed Malaysian can see….what are the reasons.
Hishamuddin…why that big mouth ”’useless good for nothing Minister.. had it coming from Najib. Yes cannot decide …resign and let others do the job…so said Najib.
How shameful that statement is to Hishamuddin.
He talks alot…and make all sorts of ridiculous and stupid comments and demands…trying so hard to stall and wait for others to come out o support him.
This so call Minister of Home Affairs…only good to promote himself and treat his job on affairs by UMNO and for UMNO..his “Home” of hope.
Have we ever seen him make fast decisions when he was Minister of Education?
Do we recalled…he vanished into thin air..came back…suddenly in another ministry?
As Youth Chief…his famous Kris kissing wanting blood….was such a sickening low class act.
This man loves instigating and run away.
Just provide 100% guarantee and 24 hours bodyguard will do….yet Hishamuddin want Dr. Pornthip to answer him this and that.
When have you seen any minister ask a victim..how does she want to be guarded?
Right from the start….keep hinting Dr. making lame excuses…this and that…with Nazri calling her a liar too.
Only in Malaysia..this famous International respected Doctor is subject to UMNO’s insults and making life difficult for her.
Presuming Dr.is making excuses not to come..then solve it by giving her 100% guarantee and 24 hours guards.
Why all these mumbo jumbo?
Johnnypok called me retarded…when his comment shows he is even smarter than Teoh family.
I guess DAP…Anwar and LKS and especially Raja Petra are all stupid fellas did not do as Johhnypok said…so easy to find out who killed Mongolian model too.
This is another smart ass calling me retarded….with his solution to solve crimes..so easy.
hi Johhnypok…..if so easy..all those psychics will be the riches people on earth…and police crime busters…all out of job.
That’s how retarded I am….to him.
Did Hisap demand 2 know d person or persons who erased Altantuya’s immigration record
Did Hisap demand 2 know d person or persons who ordered d murder of Altantuya
Now he demanded Pornthip to furnish him with exact details of the alleged threats b4 guaranteeing her safety in M’sia
What a rubbish n malu minister!
“Teoh Beng Hock’s family today urged Prime Minister Najib Razak to give Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand the necessary guarantees to enable her to testify in the inquest which is probing the cause of death of the political aide.”
Well, the 1957 Federation of Malaya’s Constitution guarantees a lot of things, irrespective of race, religion, blah, blah, blah. Then what happens?
I am not confident even if the government says, “Yes, I guarantee”. Guarantee corruption and abuse of power, perhaps. Only that I believe.
PM Najib should give immediate unconditional 3 guarantees. I expect he will do so. This is because the govt simply cannot afford to be seen covering up the true circumstances of TBH’s death. Especially after the public already know about Pornthip’s 80% homicide stand. To carry on the Inquest with only Peter Vanezis and without Pornthip’s testimony to balance will only make the Inquest a farce! It will defeat the whole first objective of the Inquest – which is to give appearance that govt is not covering up and willing to launch an independent investigation. Any application of pressure via informal channels to stop her from testifying will be effective only if Pornthip relents to such pressure in the quiet but loses efficacy once she disclosed it to the media, as she did.
The guarantee/assurance from M’ysian Govt should be unequivocal – and unconditional. From news report our AG Gani Patail has given it; even MACC is on record urging her to attend. Of course PM’s guarantee will even be better and is now sought against the background of Hisham Hishammuddin’s “waffling” assurance (in Kit’s words). Though HH reiterates the government’s stand that it will guarantee Pornthip’s safety however his assurance is widely perceived in context to be subject to some kind of pre-condition that Pornthip first discloses who has been conveying threats to her. HH is probably unhappy that Pornthip’s mention of problems with immigration implicates his Ministry responsible for Immigration and he wants his pound of flesh that specifics be disclosed failing which he could get benefit of inference that Pornthip’s allegations are untrue.
Its hard to say that HH’s approach of setting such a precondition is reasonable. For one thing, who of Pornthip’s reputation in forensics will fabricate a lie of pressure being applied against her continuing her testimony when that is not true? If she didn’t want to help in TBH’s case she wouldn’t have come in the first place, let alone say its 80% homicide in public contradiction of our local forensic’s testimony. Besides her pride in her work and ease in working on her “dead” patients is well known and documented.
She already said that pressure from informal channels on Malaysian side was disclosed to her by Thai Foreign and Justice Ministries’ officials. To expect her to disclose “specifics” she will have to identify and implicate her own government officials who will then be exposed to a potential exchange of charges and counter charges vis-a-vis their Malaysian official counterparts, certain to deny their alleged attempt at interference, which tantamounts to a contempt of court. Working as a Director of the Central Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Pornthip is a civil servant. To impose and ask her to satisfy the pre-condition set by HH will pitch her against her bosses’ interest, which she is not expected to do, and is as good as indirectly telling her not to come! HH is entitled to ask her for details of interference as he has an interest in image of his Home Ministry having charge of Immigration but he ought not to set her disclosure of these details as a condition precedent for his Ministry’s assurance of Pornthip’s safety and safe passage in relation to testifying at the Inquest or conducting her work in Kelantan! Otherwise it will be seen as if HH does not welcome her to testify and indirectly manoeuvering her not to do so by a condition precedent deemed unreasonable in context of circumstances of her civil servant’s position above discussed. If HH does not recant his pre-condition, it appears that Najib will have to satisfy public concerns by immediately issuing the unconditional guarantees.
DR Porn,
you can testify using technology , dont you know BB Video Conference ..
The future of non-bumis in Malaysia is getting darker as days pass by.A 2009 SPM high achiever told me what is the use of scoring 25As in my 12 years’ school life even rejected in recent Matriculation 2010-2011 intake.UPSR-7As , PMR- 8As, SPM-10As.Yb Lim please help me to let the voices of the student heard in Dewan today.Thanks.He is asking what is the meaning of 1 Malaysia ?.
Time is running out. Teoh Beng Hock’s family should go to see the Home Minister immediately to trash out a solution.
Maybe chengho can do some balls polishing on behalf of the Teoh’s family….getting the guarantee from his masters……. For once in your life, do something honorable!…or, you preferred to remain as a deranged low class being?
When OhMama step out the plane, Hanjin Chengho bring along his mama & show their doggy styles to OhMama….. “Chengho then ask OhMama, our styles are at par with your Yank styles….” Hanjin Chengho’s purposes to show off their various styles are to expect another big Paycheck from OhMama…. This how Hanjin Chengho earn side incomes…
Of course umno people knew very well who were responsible for both the death and now the threat.
Of course we all know that those responsible are being served by truck loads of idiots who would in exchange for some umno gobermen contracts gladly front those who were responsible in making the threats.
Moooooooo, “I was not being racist when I said I was Malay first and Malaysian second”
What, like this also cannot C dat he had made a racist statement, got cow sense ah
Maybe brain got cheese-like holes kena bovine spongiform encephalopathy
wanderer ,
advice them to see DR Chua ….now Dr Porn also not sure of 80% have u seen her latest report ?
Check it out boys. UKM chancellor issued gag order. Students of ukm prohibited from engaging in politics or expressing their preference for any political party.
Incidentally, umno is a communist party. I just discovered this. Look at this communist. Notice the resemblance in “umno” and “ommu”? No wonder the country is suffering and we the people of the country were oppressed like crazy. What happens if a ukm student were to say that he supports pakatan and said it at home? Then again umno is know for futile and wasteful activities.
MORE FEARFUL NOW
chengho, you must have taken a strong liking for Dr Chua!..is that what a Eunuch like you does best?!!!
Balless Chengho backside very itchy right now.
Lets hope Dr. Chua want him to suck up proper and good..before hentam real nice one….hahahahahahaha
In a way….some MCA smart asses are showing sex people can get elected as President too….hahahahahahaha
This also show.go to hell with UMNO nonsense on Anwar…sure to loose millions of votes..but dare not tell Najib that.
MCA is trully balless puppets buggers..s9nce Ling Liong Sik took over and showed …how successful he was…carrying Mahathir’s balls..so much so…MCA lost all in 12th GE….hahahahahahaha
Dr. Chua must look out for Chengho…best sucker in Malaysia.
Home Minister being F by Najib…cannot make decisions…keep passing and pushing the bucket with his big mouth.
Ran away when confronted in previous Ministry…gave another chance in this one…also same style…talk cock only….no actions.
Chengho! This is nothing to do with teleconf technology! The basic human right to seek for justice, to access to foreign expertise service is compromised. The tragedy did not end after TBH’s plunge, the tragedy starts and getting worsen over its course.
TBH’s death under MACC custody was a tragedy!, the way the probing and investigation out on the case is evil tragedy, the coroner’s cock …….a shame tragedy , and finally blocking pornthip from testifying is a tragedy of all tragedies.
Imaging this, suaram have to bring the submarine kickback and associated cases to the judges of Paris prosecution office. It takes Frenchmen to take care of France’s own business and solve their own problem.
What it takes to solve Malaysia’s own business and problem? Answer: It takes the Frenchmen and thai pathologies.
Pornthip has supernatural power, and she can also help to solve other cases, including the death and cold-blood murder of Kugan and Altantuya.
It is not easy for ordinary people to harm her. Those who has offended her, beware!
very busy lah, will make sure assistants will attend to it, dont worry
people first