Police urged to probe Teoh Beng Hock's case under more serious offences

The Malaysian Bar has disagreed with the police's decision to reopen investigations into the death of Teoh Beng Hock merely under Section 342 of the Penal Code for wrongful confinement.

In a statement this evening, its president Salim Bashir urged the government to probe the case under more serious penal offences based on a verdict of the Court of Appeal in September 2014...