Monday, August 17, 2009

A few interrogations regarding Teoh Beng Hock's death.

Interrogation 1
Gobind said: "So, you couldn’t tell if his shoes were too loose for him as you didn’t measure his feet.

In this particular case the shoe was found far away from the body. How far was it? (Teohs right shoe was off his feet when his remains were found.)

“I didn’t measure,” Dr Khairul Azman, who is a consultant pathologist with Klang Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, said.

Gobind: It’s good to measure isn’t it? You cannot tell us how the shoe got there. You are in no position to tell us!

Dr Khairul Azman: It could have come off when he fell. Gobind then said that logically, if the shoe was tight, this would not have happened.

Gobind then asked Dr Khairul Azman how he reckoned Teoh had come out of the window and the pathologist stepped out of the witness stand and demonstrated how he thought Teoh had jumped. (While doing so, he demonstrated how he thought Teoh would have stood on the bottom ledge and gripped its top ledge.) When Gobind asked Dr Khairul Azman if there would have been shoe prints or hand prints on the window frame if Teoh had jumped off in that manner, the pathologist agreed, adding that there was a possibility the footprints were not noticed.

Interrogation 2
Gobind: How many MACC officers did you see when you were at the scene?
Zulaimi: About four to five. They were looking from a window of an office premises about five to six feet away from the body.
Gobind: Did you ask them how their witness could have fallen?
Zulaimi: No.
Gobind: Why didn't you ask the identity of the officer who had told you that Teoh was their witness?
Zulaimi: I was not instructed to.
Gobind: Isn't it important to do so?
Zulaimi: Yes. I forgot to do so.
Gobind: Did it ever cross your mind that Teoh could have been pushed or flung out of the building?
Zulaimi: Yes, but after investigations, we learnt that Teoh could have either fallen or was pushed from a window on the 14th floor.

Interrogation 3
Tan: Were there any notes in Anuar's official daily notebook 2009?
Zulaimi: There was only one (entry) on July 8, (on) Wednesday, which states "house/Putrajaya/office Toll RM".
Tan: Were there any notes on July 15 and 16?
Zulaimi: No.
Tan: So, from July 1 to 18, there was only one entry, which was made on July 8?
Zulaimi: Yes.
Tan: Besides Anuar's notebook, did you seize the notebook of any other officer?
Zulaimi: No. I only confiscated Anuar's, but if I am not mistaken, Inspector Shahzrin and Chief Inspector Zakiol did.

Let's read interrogation 2 again:

Gobind: Did you ask them how their witness could have fallen?
Zulaimi: No.
Gobind: Why didn't you ask the identity of the officer who had told you that Teoh was their witness?
Zulaimi: I was not instructed to.
Gobind: Isn't it important to do so?
Zulaimi: Yes. I forgot to do so.
Gobind: Did it ever cross your mind that Teoh could have been pushed or flung out of the building?
Zulaimi: Yes, but after investigations, we learnt that Teoh could have either fallen or was pushed from a window on the 14th floor.

Moral of the story: Watch CSI. I'm sure Malaysian police can learn a lot from a show like CSI. Very realistic, it seems. Don't worry if you don't understand English. There's always subtitles.

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