Dr Vanezis arriving at Sungai Buloh Hospital for the autopsy. — Picture by Choo Choy May
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 — Sungai Buloh Hospital chief pathologist Dr Shahidan Md Noor has finished a second post-mortem on Teoh Beng Hock carried out today under the watchful eyes of experts engaged by both the Selangor and federal governments.
Teoh family lawyer Gobind Singh Deo said earlier the pathologists began about noon after completing the second computed axial tomography scan (CT) and X-ray scan. It was estimated that the autopsy would take between three and five hours to complete.
Teoh's body was exhumed yesterday following an order from the coroner's court investigating the DAP political aide's mysterious death outside the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) Selangor office on July 16.
The two experts observing the second post-mortem are renowned Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand for Selangor while the MACC has engaged Dr Peter Vanezis, who had participated in Princess Diana's inquest.
Dr Pornthip's testimony that Teoh's death is 80 per cent homicide had contradicted the findings of the first post-mortem which suggested the 30-year-old had committed suicide.
Teoh's family had disputed the results as he was due to register his marriage on the morning he was found dead.
Magistrate Azmil Munthapa Abas, acting as coroner, then ruled that Dr Shahidan, assisted by Dr K. Saravanan in taking photos, will conduct the fresh post-mortem which is also being attended by pathologists from the first autopsy — Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim and Dr Prashant Naresh Samberkar.
Teoh's body was exhumed from his tomb at the Semenyih Memorial Park after his elder brother and younger sister performed religious rites.
The casket with his body was then taken to the Sungai Buloh Hospital where Dr Shahidan and Dr Pornthip conducted X-ray examinations ahead of the autopsy.
Earlier this morning, Teoh's family members turned up at the hospital and conducted rites and burned offerings. Reporters were barred from the forensics department but Teoh's family members relayed news occasionally.
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