Mystery DNA on Teoh belonged to another dead man
By Debra Chong, The Malaysian Insider
A government scientist today identified one of the DNA profiles found on Teoh Beng Hock’s blazer and belt as belonging to another man who had been autopsied in the same hospital and on the same day.
Dr Seah Lay Hong, who returned to the witness box this morning, told the coroner’s court investigating Teoh’s death that the mystery DNA labelled “Male 1” came from M. Gopala, a road accident victim.
She added that the other male DNA profile was still unknown.
Dr Seah had checked it against the DNA of a second man who was autopsied on the same table after Gopala on July 17.
L. Jeganathan, who had also died in a road accident, did not match the second male DNA profile found on Teoh’s belt.
Dr Seah explained that Gopala’s DNA had most likely been transferred onto Teoh’s jacket because the autopsy table was not sterilised.
The theory was first mooted by Dr Khairul Aznam Ibrahim, who was one of two pathologists to perform Teoh’s autopsy.
Former forensic doctor Dr K. Saravanan, who had carried out the autopsies of both men at the Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah in Klang in the morning before Teoh was autopsied, also supported the theory.
