11.40am: Court resumes with coroner saying that he did mention MACC’s stand that the report is irrelevant. However, that is not his stand on the matter.
10.53am: Court takes a short break for coroner to view recordings of Tuesday’s proceedings.
10.25am: Gobind points out that the 19th witness, Selangor MACC officer Mohd Ashraff Mohd Yunus, 25, was not called by the police.
"What pending investigation is he (Abdul Razak) talking about if the witness was not called by the police," asked Gobind.
10.20am: Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas says he is standing by his decision made on Tuesday to allow him to testify as his report has relevance to the facts of the inquest.
He, however, also agrees with Abdul Razak that the case in the report is still under investigation.
10.15am: Datuk Abdul Razak Muda, who is holding a watching brief for the MACC says that before court allows the mystery witness to testify, it must take into consideration that the report was lodged 10 months before Teoh's death which is too huge a gap to the death.
10.12am: Counsel Gobind Singh says mystery witness is in court and ready to testify.
9.45am: Day 18 of Teoh’s inquest begins. Mystery witness is at court sitting at the public gallery wearing white shirt and grey pants. He is seated with his family.
This is considered odd as witnesses are supposed to sit at a room specially for witnesses.
SHAH ALAM: The inquest into political aide Teoh Beng Hock’s death begins with everyone wondering if the “mystery witness” who alleged torture by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officers will take the stand.
The mystery man is T. Sivanasan, a company assistant manager, but who have yet to take the stand.
Sivanasan was said to have lodged a report on Sept 11 last year about 10 months before Teoh’s death.
He was said to be a MACC suspect while Teoh was a witness.
In the report, he alleged abuse and torture by MACC officers during interrogation including being hit with a steel rod wrapped in newspaper and being stripped naked. - The Star
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