Vanezis: Beng Hock could have sustained bruises. One or two fatal blows?

Teoh Beng Hock could have sustained several bruises before falling nine floors two years ago, the royal commission of inquiry into the political secretary's death was told today.

Agreeing that there is a likelihood  that Teoh could have received “one or two blows” to the chest prior to the fall as suggested by Bar Council lawyer Christopher Leong , Vanezis said: “I cannot rule out the possibility that in isolation there could have been one or two blows which could have caused light bruising (on the chest). Nevertheless, Vanezis stressed that the tramline bruises to the chest, as well as bruises at the neck region and the hairline fracture to the skull, were not clear enough to prove Teoh was hit, giving it as his opinion that they were pre-fall injuries.