In Memoriam: Teoh Beng Hock

He would have remained a relative unknown to people like me if not for what happened to him. Though a political secretary to DAP to Selangor executive council member, Ean Yong Hian Wah, he was just a name... that was until today.

A young man full of life, about to get married.... took his own life? Fell from the roof? And of all places from a building housing the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) with a well-known fact that he had been in there for interrogation.

What is the general perception of MACC? Not much needs to said what's on most people's minds. New in name, but same in practice as its predecessor. Its boss is the father of a certain young MAS pilot who was caught with some porn stuff in his computer.. but as of today, there is still no news about his disciplinary action. And today too... this leaves a huge question mark on the 100 days of our PM also.

It's difficult to blame us, common folks if we feel that those who walk the corridors of power are behaving more and more like gods. Have they no conscience? Do they not believe that they'll have to answer to a higher authority some day?

That reminds me.. you know there is this lesson that they always drum into our heads... you cannot make a pact with the devil cos no matter what he promises you or how much he wants to give to you... the end result - you still lose your soul. Maybe Nik Aziz understands something that many people don't see.

My heart aches for the living left behind by Beng Hock.. for his fiancee who will now not be known as Mrs. Teoh, for the grief in his mother's heart, the pain in each of his family members.... and the void left in the hearts of those who knew him.... and an unborn child who will not know his father...

And like 'similar' cases, his reports would take ages, denials from the authorities would be the norm... they would make sure that he is forgotten, pushed to the recesses of the people's minds... The PM says they'll probe... the police says no foul play. What kind of probe will it be? And Nazri the Minister in the PM's Dept said... don't blame the MACC. Come on, Teoh was last seen alive on the MACC premise, and more info is coming out about his long and abusive interrogation... we've politicians with huge palaces and why don't they investigate them like that too... now they're implying he committed suicide? Even if he did, weren't they the ones responsible? Either way, they are supposed to be screwed.. but they are not!