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Stock Prices SHAH ALAM (July 14, 2010): Thai
pathology expert Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand
SPEAK UP! will be in Malaysia to testify at the Teoh
theSun Says Beng Hock inquest on Aug 18.
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Comment & The coroner's court set the date after the
Analysis Selangor government withdrew an
Letters application for Pornthip, who had claimed
At the Dewan she had been pressured not to continue
Rakyat with her testimony, to be allowed to give her
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opinion via video conference.

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Teoh family lawyer Gobind Singh Deo said ADVERTISEMENTS
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FEATURES This letter ends the long wait for Pornthip to take the stand to testify on her
Najib's 1st Year findings after Teoh's body was exhumed on Nov 21 last year and subjected
theSun-MAPCU to a second post mortem as a result of her earlier testimony.
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U! delayed due to reported threats to her safety and “political pressure”.
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Glow & His Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas was to have decided today on the application
Festive & Special by the Selangor government to allow Pornthip to testify via video conference.
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Pending her testimony, Azmil decided to call several other witnesses on July
23, among them Kajang municipal councillor Tan Boon Wah and the
TIME OUT investigating officer for the case, ASP Ahmad Nazri Zainal.
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The Right Read Teoh had been summoned to the Selangor branch of the Malaysian Anti
Corruption Commission(MACC) on the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam to be
Tech Today questioned over irregularities in the disbursement of state funds on the
Lifestyle evening of July 15. He was found dead on the fifth-floor landing the next day.
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Fashion On Oct 21, Pornthip, who examined photos of the first post mortem, testified
that there was an 80% chance that Teoh was murdered. However, she
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added that she would need to go further for a more accurate determination,
Zest which led to the second post-mortem on Nov 22.
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Good Vibes The post mortem was performed by pathologists Dr Shahidan Md Noor of
Family Ties the hospital, Dr K. Saravanan and Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim, both of Tengku
Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang, and Dr Prashant Samberkar, of

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Entertainment The exhumation and post-mortem were witnessed by Prof Dr Peter Vanezis,
The Big Picture a pathologist brought in from the United Kingdom by the MACC, and
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Pornthip.
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Vanezis, in his testimony, said Teoh was conscious at the time of his fall and
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EVENTS & PROMOS Azmil is also expected to decide as to whether to allow an application by
MACC lawyer Datuk Abdul Razak Musa who had asked the court to grant
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