Yesterday, I was puzzled to see this status message on Facebook:
why would a man, on the morning of his wedding, curl up and go to sleep on the sofa of the office where he was interrogated for ten hours, and then wake up to throw himself out the window, without even a suicide note? and why was his trousers torn in such a suspicious way? was someone holding him by the seat of his trousers, dangling him out the window as rpk says? does any of macc’s explanations make any sense?
rpk = Raja Petra Kamarudin
macc = Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission
Actually, my heart sunk to the pit of my stomach is more like it: more “funny business” going on in Malaysia! And let me tell you, my heart has been aching ever since, as I proceeded to visit some of the Malaysian political commentary blogs out there to find out what happened.
In short, the MACC were supposedly carrying out an investigation into the alleged misuse of public funds by state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah. His political aide, 30 year old Teoh Beng Hock, was ‘invited to assist in the investigation’ by reporting to the MACC headquarters in the late afternoon, where he was then interviewed (interrogated?) until — get this — 3:45am. Since when did the MACC act like the police, or worse? It gets “better” — supposedly, the young man was too tired to leave (but he had his car there, and I don’t know about you, but me? I’d get the heck out of there!), so he decided to take a nap on a sofa within the room? floor? building? Supposedly he was sighted asleep on said couch at 6am. Then next thing we know, his body was found on the top of a neighbouring building around 1:30pm. And from the photos of the body, the seat of his pants seem ripped. Very very strange.
Among other things, the MACC is supposed to police the policemen. But with such a death while in their custody (never mind that Teoh was “free to go” at 3:45 am), one can’t help but wonder, who polices those who police the policemen? Indeed, who watches the Watchmen?
To read more, you could check out Justice for Beng Hock, a freshly created blog; or invoke Big Brother Google and see what search results you get. Here is RPK’s take on the whole thing.
… and then … and then comes the news of the Jakarta bombings. I’m not even going to type about it, I’m sure this event is all over the news everywhere.
It’s a sad sad state of affairs in Malaysia and Indonesia today.
Candle by m_a_essam
My condolences to the families and loved ones of Beng Hock and of the bombings.
Have a …safe… weekend, everyone.
