PASTOR RAYMOND KOH
PI cannot cease to be a pla�orm for Pastor Raymond Koh and his Family
to seek their remedy.
In the result, the Panel hereby decides that it will proceed and con�nue
with the hearing in the PI into the alleged disappearance of Pastor
Raymond Koh, notwithstanding the le�er received from PDRM involving
the provision of sec�on 12(3) to cease the PI as the subject ma�er the
Panel will have to deal with in accordance to the Terms of Reference, is
not the same subject ma�er as in the court proceedings. The Panel will
con�nue to deal with the subject ma�er stated in the first limb of
paragraph (a), paragraphs (b) and (c) of the Terms of Reference.”5
23.
On 7 December 2018, the Panel completed the Public Inquiry into the
disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh. The Public Inquiry took approximately
nine (9) months from the beginning of October 2017 to the start of December
2018. In total, there were twenty (20) days of hearing and the Panel heard the
tes�mony of sixteen (16) witnesses.6
24.
The Public Inquiry into the Disappearance of Joshua Hilmi and his wife Ruth Hilmi
have not commenced, to date.
25.
Separate decisions of the Public Inquiry into the disappearances of Pastor
Raymond Koh and Amri Che Mat will be delivered accordingly.
C. Issues To Be Determined by the Panel
26.
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The issues that the Panel was required to determine are summarised as follows:
26.1.
Whether the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh is a case of
voluntary disappearance;
26.2.
Whether the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh is a case of enforced
disappearance as defined under ICPPED that is, by agents of the State or
by persons or groups of persons ac�ng with the authorisa�on, support
or acquiescence of the State; and
Refer to Panel’s Interim Decision dated 16.5.2018
Refer to Schedule 1.
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