LIVE REPORTS Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas has returned an open verdict into the death of  DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock, whose body was found on July 16, 2009.

He ruled out suicide or homicide as the cause of death.

"There remains unsettled issues on the case of suicide and to find this on guesswork is unacceptable. I rule out verdict of suicide,” he told a packed courtroom.