Lead counsel Ramkarpal Singh told a press conference today that the application for leave to commence judicial review was filed at the High Court here last month.

He said they were seeking a declaration that Teoh’s death should be investigated for murder.

They are also seeking a court order compelling the police to launch the investigation and complete it within 120 days of the court order.

Ramkarpal said the court set May 18 for the hearing, and that the cause papers would be served to the Attorney-General’s Chambers.

“We previously wrote a letter to the police on whether any investigation papers in the past were opened for murder (Teoh’s death).

“They responded to us on Jan 20 saying that the probe was only on ‘wrongful confinement’ or Section 342 of Penal Code,” he added.

Co-counsel Lim Wei Jiet said the wrongful confinement probe previously launched had nothing to do with Teoh’s death.

“It was a minor offence (compared to murder),” he added.

Lim acknowledged that some investigation papers on Teoh’s death were opened before 2018 but said the focus of those probes was unclear.

Teoh, an aide to then Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead in July 2009 on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam, hours after he arrived for questioning at the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office.

An inquest initially returned an open verdict. However, in 2014, the Court of Appeal ruled that his death was caused by “one or more unknown persons”, including MACC officers.

Two special investigation teams were set up in 2011 and 2015 to probe Teoh’s death, but both were classified as NFA or no further action by the public prosecutor.

Police completed the probe on wrongful confinement last year upon a court order in 2024, and the AGC directed that the case be classified as NFA.

The AGC also said there was insufficient proof to establish an offence against any individual under the law.