Family, rights groups demand update on probe into trainee’s death

Family members of the late Atif Abu Bakar, a 20-year-old industrial trainee allegedly beaten to death by unknown assailants in Mersing, Johor, three years ago, are seeking urgent updates to their application for an inquest.
Petaling Jaya MP Lee Chean Chung, together with representatives from Eliminating Deaths and Abuse in Custody Together (Edict) and Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement, today raised the family’s plight at a press conference in Parliament.