Teoh did not squat on ledge to jump, RCI told

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Teoh Beng Hock could not have squatted on a window ledge to jump to his death as his head would have hit a window panel, a mechanical engineering professor said today.

But Sallehuddin Muhamad said the DAP political aide could have either sat on the window ledge and fell on his own, or someone could have pushed him out the window of the then Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office in 2009.

“I’m not an expert in forensic, so I can’t say suicide or homicide,” said Sallehuddin at the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) investigating Teoh’s death.

“Squatting on the window edge and jump(ing) forward is not possible due to (the) opening size of the window. The deceased’s head will hit the window panel if he jumps at this position,” said Bar Council lawyer Christopher Leong, reading out Sallehuddin’s report.

Sallehuddin, who is an associate professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, added that if Teoh had sat on the window ledge, he would have sat there for only a very short time as the sharp ledge was “uncomfortable”.

Teoh was found dead on July 16, 2009 on the fifth-floor corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam after he was questioned overnight by MACC officers at their then-Selangor headquarters on the 14th floor.

Teoh, 30, was the political secretary to Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, who is also the Seri Kembangan assemblyman from the DAP, at the time of his death.

The graftbusters were investigating a claim that his boss was abusing state funds.

Government forensic pathologist Dr Prashant Samberkar has testified at the RCI that Teoh likely squatted on the window ledge before leaping to his death due to scratch marks on the soles of his shoes.

Dr Prashant also said the young man probably jumped to his death as he had landed on his feet, which was indicated by fractures on both feet.

Government forensic pathologist Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim had similarly concluded that Teoh likely committed suicide, but foreign forensic pathologists Dr Peter Vanezis and Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand have said they could not determine if Teoh had jumped or was pushed out the window.

Dr Pornthip has also maintained her earlier testimony during the coroner’s inquest into Teoh’s death that Teoh’s neck bruises were pre-fall injuries.

Sallehuddin admitted today that he did not factor in wind conditions, the airflow from a tall building, movement of the limbs during the fall, and the weight distribution of the body when he calculated the trajectory of Teoh’s fall.

“If there is a strong wind, we should take that (into account),” said Sallehuddin.

He also said he was not satisfied with his report because to assume that Teoh’s body was an elliptical shape was not “100 per cent correct”.

“But for the moment, have to accept it,” said Sallehuddin, 45.

“Would you agree that the actual way of doing this would be to get a proper mannequin and experiment with different ways of falling?” asked Leong, referring to a mannequin with a similar texture and weight to a human body.

Sallehuddin said that method would reveal the body’s kinetic position.

The university professor said Teoh could have sat on the window ledge, turned his body, and fallen in free-fall fashion at an initial angle of 4.75 degrees.

“Either push(ed) or (on) his own,” said the bespectacled professor.

Sallehuddin said he calculated the angle of Teoh’s fall based on his own measurements and also by using computer software.

He added that Teoh had fallen 29.315 metres from the 14th floor to the fifth floor, and his body was found 2.44 metres from the wall of the building.

The professor, who did a six-week course in the United Kingdom on aircraft accident investigation in 1993, said he assumed that the window from where Teoh fell was opened to its maximum of 1.067 metres.

“To push it all the way is not easy. You have to lean forward (and you) may fall down,” said Sallehuddin, who wore a white shirt.

He also said he assumed that Teoh fell to the ground like putty with minimal bounce.

“I believe there’s a bounce that’s very small, but I didn’t take that into this analysis,” said the university professor.

The inquiry resumes tomorrow.




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Sandiwara, just conclude he jumped!!!

Then we know how to vote in GE13

Somebody knows the truth and is not telling it, same as the Altantuya case. The more

they hide the worse it will be at the next elections.

This testimony indicates TBH was thrown out of window. reason is that he could not have squatted in which case, if seating on ledge and falling would mean that he could not have landed so far away from wall of building. The only other option is thrown out of window. hishamuddin did that for sure based on his known methods of interrogation and strength, lying that he was not there at material time when in fact he was, caught on CCTV, and the fact he directed another MACC officer to take his place as the interrogation officer. If he is not guilty , why all this.