Deceased political aide Teoh Beng Hock’s family has urged the police to re-investigate his death as "murder" and not "sudden death", following the recent Court of Appeal verdict.

Beng Hock’s sister, Teoh Lee Lan (right in photo), said that otherwise it will show that the police are not determined to find the truth.

"If that is true (that the police is investigating it as a sudden death), it makes us doubt that the police has respect for the court's ruling and that it has no determination in finding out the murderer," she said.

She said this after making a police report in Shah Alam to ask the police to re-open the investigation.

“We hope that after making a report to the police, the police would then investigate it as a criminal case,” she added.

This was the first time Teoh’s family had made a police report after the recent Court of Appeal verdict.

She also urged those who concerned the case to make a police report, and dubbed the movement as ‘Everyone to held find out the murderer’.

“Everyone who supports the family can find the police report templates on the Internet, and even our lawyer Gobind Singh had made his police report,” she said.

She lamented that in a normal country, police would take action even without people making police reports. However, this is not the case in this country.

“In Malaysia, the police always claimed no police report has been made as an excuse (to not take action).”

When asked what is the deadline she gave to the police to finish the investigation, Lee Lan in turn asked the police to announce a deadline for them.

'Police to reopen sudden death report'

Police Criminal Investigation Department chief Salleh Mohmad earlier said that police would re-open the sudden death report on Teoh’s death.

He also said that police may reclassify the case as murder, if there is evidence of such.

A three-person bench at the Court of Appeal last Friday unanimously overturned the coroners court’s open verdict in the inquest.

"The death of Teoh Beng Hock was caused by multiple injuries from a fall from the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam as a result of or which was accelerated by an unlawful act or acts of persons unknown, inclusive of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officers who were involved in the arrest and investigations of the deceased," it ruled.

Meanwhile, DAP’s Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo (left) in a statement urged the attorney-general to “stop giving excuses” and direct the arrests of those responsible for Beng Hock’s death.

“He (AG) should let a court decide whether or not the evidence, in particular the circumstantial evidence in this case, is sufficient to support a conviction,” Gobind said.

“With respect, the AG and his chambers should not continue to defend the indefensible in light of the judgment of the Court of Appeal,” he added, referring to the AG’s Chambers’ statement recently that it would wait until police complete a fresh probe on the case before deciding on any prosecution.

“It has been five years and more since the death of Teoh Beng Hock. The AG himself of all people should know that delays in any criminal trial would impact on the quality of evidence which would be led in court,” he said.

Bar Council president Christopher Leong also found it “jarring” that some of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers who had interrogated Beng Hock prior to his death have been promoted and no action had been taken against them so far.

“The royal commission of inquiry had found that the MACC officers were not truthful or forthcoming in their testimonies before the RCI and had doctored some of their documents,” he said.

“In spite of this, it appears that there has been no substantive action taken against the officers, and that a few of them have instead been promoted,” he added.