AMRI CHE MAT 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 Amri Che Mat. 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 a�empts 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 at about 10:30 p.m. Amri Che Mat was last seen by his wife Norhaya� Mohd Ariffin (IW1) (“Norhaya�”). Their daughter Nur Masarrah saw him leaving their house in his car at about 11:30 p.m. Later that night, 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 (“Susanna”) at about 10:15 a.m. Subsequently, one Roeshan Celes�ne Gomez (“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. 84