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Friday August 7, 2009
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TEOH BENG HOCK inquest
a white thread, a pair of pants, covered with blood, a part of a doormat, and a piece of paint.
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Third and final witness of the day Dr Seah Lay Hong, a forensic DNA expert from the Chemistry Department, testified that none of the 157 DNA samples tested matched the unknown DNA found on Teoh’s body. The breakdown: 14 samples were from the Forensic Pathology Department of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Klang, University Malaya Medical Centre and Kuala Lumpur Hospital. 49 were from police personnel, and 81 from MACC staff. Two samples were from cleaners contracted by the Selangor MACC offices in Plaza Masalam, Eight were from the security and maintenance personnel of the building. Three from Kajang municipal councillor Tan Boon Wah, technician Lee Wye Wing and Mohd Harun Abdullah.
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HE Teoh Beng Hock inquest entered its third day yesterday with a chemist testifying that she found no trace of alcohol or drugs in the 30-year-old political aide’s blood, urine and stomach content samples. Gobind Singh Deo, acting for Teoh’s family, grilled Zaraiha Awang from the Petaling Jaya Chemistry Department on why she did not test for adrenalin in Teoh’s blood, despite agreeing that when a person is under pressure, there would be adrenalin present in the blood. Zaraiha said she did not test for adrenalin as there was no such request from the police. Teoh was found dead on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam on July 16. He was earlier questioned as a witness by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission
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A(H1N1) scare ... Students of Foon Yew High School in Kulai, Johor, wait to have their throat swaps taken after about 100 of them came down with influenza-like symptoms yesterday morning.The students, including an entire junior middle two class, were given medicine by medical officers from the state health department and advised to go on home quarantine. It was learnt that the students had turned up for school despite showing flu-like symptoms for fear that they might be penalised for missing classes. More reports on the latest A(H1N1) situation on Page 5.
(MACC), whose office is on the 14th floor of the same building.
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Tension arose between Gobind Singh and Tan Hock Chuan, who is assisting the inquest, when Gobind Singh said media reports suggested Teoh was “pushed”. Tan wanted the word expunged as the cause of death was not known yet. This got Gobind Singh in an argumentative mood. “How are you going to find out he is not pushed, if we don’t ask?”
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Witness Saiful Fazamil Mohd Ali of the criminalistic section of the Forensic Department testified on a number of exhibits, including a screw, window latch with three screws, metal clip, a watch and a connecting pin, a button with
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The coroner will visit the scene of the incident today.
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Questioning of expert witnesses will continue on Monday pending a preliminary report from an independent expert from Thailand.
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