Why RCI conluded Teoh driven to suicide when report didn't conclude so?!

ANALYSIS One of the main evidence used by the royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to back its controversial conclusion that DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock had committed suicide was the psychiatric report submitted by psychiatrist Paul Edward Mullen.

A close look at the 11-page report submitted to the inquiry by Mullen - the emeritus professor of forensic psychiatry from Monash University hired by the Bar Council - found more factors pointing to Teoh not having committed suicide than otherwise.

This, however, seemed to have been overlooked and ignored by the RCI.

In his suicide risk assessment, Mullen classified Teoh as being firmly in the "lowest-risk group" when he was taken into Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) custody and did not conclude that Teoh had committed suicide, describing the DAP political aide as lacking all the factors usually shared among those liable to killing themselves.

Mullen wrote that he found Teoh had a regular employment, a partner whom he was soon to marry, had close family ties, a range of friends and colleagues, had not suffered a recent bereavement, and had no known financial problems - these are all social factors decreasing the risk of suicide.
 

Moreover, Teoh was in early adult life (25-40 years), had no history of suicide attempts or self harm, did not gamble excessively, and had no family history of suicide - hence, making suicide less likely.

Mullen said Teoh showed no evidence for a lowered mood, let alone depression, prior to being taken into custody, in fact, he appeared to have been more elated than usual because of the prospect of marriage and fatherhood.