Beng Hock's family was granted permission to initiate the proceedings at the High Court here before Justice Noorin Badaruddin on Thursday .
In the application, Beng Hock's parents are seeking a declaration that the failure of the first, second and third respondents to complete the investigation into the death of their son within a reasonable time period had violated Section 20 of the Police Act 1967. According to the applicants, the investigation papers had been repeatedly returned to the first, second and third respondents by the AGC for further investigation.
Beng Hock was found sprawled on the fifth-floor landing of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam on the morning of July 16, 2009, after giving a statement at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s office on the 14th floor of the building.
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