Kota Sentosa assemblyman Wilfred Yap has criticised DAP\u2019s failure to deliver justice for the late Teoh Beng Hock, calling out the party for deflecting responsibility despite being in power at the federal level twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teoh, a political aide to a DAP leader, died tragically in 2009 while in the custody of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), a case that has haunted the nation for over a decade. Yap believes the matter should never have been allowed to fade into silence, especially under DAP\u2019s watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Responding to remarks by DAP parliament leader Chong Chieng Jen and his special assistant Michael Kong, Yap said, \u201cThey reacted to my concerns with personal attacks instead of addressing the real issue and why justice for Teoh Beng Hock is still elusive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He pointed out that DAP has held powerful Cabinet and ministerial roles during its time in government, especially in portfolios involving law and institutional reform. Yet, he said, the case has now been marked \u201cNo Further Action\u201d by the Attorney-General while DAP was part of the ruling coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s shocking is that instead of taking responsibility, DAP is now asking me, a state assemblyman, not even an MP to get GPS federal ministers to act on a case DAP themselves had every opportunity to resolve. That\u2019s just absurd,\u201d Yap said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that although Teoh died during the Barisan Nasional era, the public had placed their hopes in DAP to right the wrong once it gained federal power. \u201cIf DAP truly believed Teoh died due to \u2018unlawful acts by unknown persons\u2019, why have they allowed the case to be closed without resolution? Why didn\u2019t they push for Cabinet intervention or raise the issue in Parliament?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yap stressed that his statement was not intended to politicise a tragedy, but to question DAP\u2019s political will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf I were an MP, I would move to table a motion in Parliament to demand an independent investigation and greater safeguards for individuals held in custody. We need legal reforms \u2014 oversight of MACC and police interrogations, surveillance, access to legal counsel, and ratification of the UN Convention Against Torture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yap said DAP\u2019s repeated claims that they have \u201cdone everything legally possible\u201d fall flat in the face of continued inaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe family and the public deserve more than apologies and excuses. After 16 years, they deserve answers. They deserve justice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kota Sentosa assemblyman Wilfred Yap has criticised DAP\u2019s failure to deliver justice for the late Teoh Beng Hock, calling out the party for deflecting responsibility despite being in power at the federal level twice. Teoh, a political aide to a DAP leader, died tragically in 2009 while in the custody of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), a case that has haunted the nation for over a decade. Yap believes the matter should never have been allowed to fade into silence, especially under DAP\u2019s watch. Responding to remarks by DAP parliamentRead More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33398"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33399,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33398\/revisions\/33399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}