KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 (Bernama) -- The family members of the deceased political aide Teoh Beng Hock had decided to postpone a psychiatric evaluation scheduled for today as their lawyer was not allowed to accompany them.

Lawyer Lim Lip Eng, who is holding watching brief for Teoh's family, said the family was instructed by the police last Wednesday to undergo a psychiatric evaluation at the Selayang Hospital at 11am today to assess Teoh's mental fitness.

"The family decided to postpone the test as I was not allowed to accompany them. They want me to be with them to avoid any untoward incident," he told reporters at the Selayang Hospital here today.

Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas had allowed psychiatric interviews to be conducted on Teoh's father, Leong Hwee, Teng Shuw Hoi (mother), Meng Kee (older brother) and fiancee, Soh Cher Wei as well as several Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers.

Teoh, 30, political aide to Selangor state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on July 16 on the fifth floor corridor of Plaza Masalam here after having given a statement as a witness to the MACC over allegations of misuse of funds by Selangor state executive councillors.