PASTOR RAYMOND KOH
A.
Introduc�on
1.
This is the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi
Manusia Malaysia) (“SUHAKAM”) Panel’s final decision in the Public Inquiry into
the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh Keng Joo (“Pastor Raymond Koh”).
Disappearances of Joshua Hilmi, Ruth Hilmi, Amri Che Mat and Pastor
Raymond Koh
2.
Since November 2016, Peter Pormannan A/L Annamalai (“Peter”) had made
various attempts to contact his friends Joshua Hilmi (who was also known as
Hilmi Bin Hanim) and his wife, Ruth Hilmi. Their last known address was at
Kampung Tunku, Petaling Jaya. On 6 March 2017, Peter lodged a police report at
the Klang District Police Headquarters sta�ng that despite various a�empts to
locate Joshua Hilmi and Ruth Hilmi, the couple was uncontactable. Both Joshua
Hilmi and Ruth Hilmi have not been seen, heard of or heard from, since
November 2016 un�l now, and are believed to have “disappeared”.
3.
On 24 November 2016, Amri Che Mat was last seen by his wife, Norhaya� Mohd
Ariffin (“Norhaya�”) at about 10:30 p.m. Their daughter, Nur Masarrah saw him
leaving their house in his car at about 11:30 p.m. Following that, his car was found
abandoned with the windows smashed at a disused construc�on site at Bukit
Chabang, Kangar, Perlis. Amri Che Mat has not been seen, heard of, or heard
from, since then un�l now, and is believed to have “disappeared.”
4.
Less than 3 months later, on 13 February 2017, Pastor Raymond Koh was last
seen by his wife Susanna Liew Sow Yoke (IW2) (“Susanna”) at about 10:15 a.m.
Subsequently, one Roeshan Celes�ne Gomez (IW1) (“Roeshan”) lodged a police
report sta�ng that at about 10:45 a.m., he saw a car being “boxed in” by three
(3) black four-wheel drive vehicles (“4WDs”) while he was driving along Jalan
SS4B/10, Kelana Jaya, Selangor. The driver was seen being dragged out of his car
and put into one of the three 4WDs. This incident was captured on closed-circuit
television (“CCTV”) of two (2) nearby houses. Pastor Raymond Koh has not been
seen, heard of or heard from, since then and is believed to have “disappeared”.
5.
These three (3) cases of disappearance of persons a�racted a significant amount
of public a�en�on and concern. It has also led the public to perceive that these
disappearances of persons may have been the acts of the State and/or that the
State may either have been complicit, involved, suppor�ve of or concealing these
unprecedented disappearances.
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