Announcing the Online Release of the documentary “The Rights of The Dead” by Tricia Yeoh.

[Coordinator FFF]

Announcing the Online Release of the documentary “The Rights of The Dead” by Tricia Yeoh.

The Rights of The Dead, a documentary by Tricia Yeoh about the case of the late Teoh 
Beng Hock who died in custody under the watch of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption 
Commission, will be released today for free viewing online. The documentary is one 
of the three FreedomFilmFest 2012 documentaries that won the Justin Louis Human 
Rights Award, accompanied with a grant of RM6,000 that allowed the film to be 
made. 

The film will be available for viewing on http://freedomfilmfest.komas.org/ or 
komasvideos on YouTube or malaysiakini.tv beginning from 8pm on Monday, 14th 
January 2013. 

The 28-minute short documentary tells the story of Teoh Beng Hock’s tragic death 
and the impact it has had on his family. It explores the rights of people who die in 
custody, and how it is the system of government and politics that is responsible for 
ensuring justice for its citizens through a robust legal system. In a democracy, people 
have the right to expect all institutions’ independence, working fairly to protect its 
citizens in time of need. 

“The documentary is my personal journey as an ex-colleague who was the liaison 
officer in charge of handling the case on behalf of the state government, and 
ultimately hopes to show that because of the system’s failure, this could have 
happened to any one of us Malaysians”, says documentary director Tricia Yeoh. 
“It is my personal hope that by making the documentary easily available for online 
viewing, Malaysians all over the country – and across the globe – will use the 
opportunity to watch, spread, share, talk about, download and even burn copies for 
their friends and relatives, so that the story of Teoh Beng Hock will never be 
forgotten.” 

A Google Hangout (viewed live on Youtube.com) will be conducted on Friday, 18 th Jan. 2013 

at 9pm with director Tricia Yeoh, Teoh Lee Lan (the sister of Beng Hock) and other invited guests 

to discuss issues raised in the film. 

Questions will be collected throughout the week via Twitter (@freedomfilmfest), 
Facebook  (www.facebook.com/freedomfilmfest)  and  email 
(freedom...@komas.org). 

FreedomFilmFest 2012 
14th January 2013 
Kuala Lumpur 

For more information, please go to the following pages: 
www.facebook.com/TheRightsOfTheDead 
www.facebook.com/freedomfilmfest 
www.freedomfilmfest.komas.org