132.
The Panel is of the view that while there is no defini�on of what amounts to
“me�culously and professionally executed with military-like precision“, or
“professionally carried out”, the Panel is of the view that regardless of the words
used to describe the opera�on that took place on 13 February 2017 at Jalan
SS4B/10, Kelana Jaya, the fact remains that the opera�on was carried out
efficiently and effec�vely within a span of less than one minute. The Panel further
finds that the opera�on was well organised and well planned as there were even
motorcyclists present to direct traffic and a videographer to record the events
that took place.
133.
Counsel on behalf of the family in their wri�en submissions also contended that
as the five (5) or six (6) persons involved in the opera�on were fully clothed in
black with balaclavas that they must have been members of the police force.52
134.
This conten�on was strongly disputed by IGP Khalid. While agreeing the Police
have special units where the officers would be fully clothed in black with
balaclavas during an opera�on, the IGP was of the view that the persons involved
in the abduc�on of Pastor Raymond Koh were not police officers as there was no
evidence to suggest that there was a police logo/emblem on the front or back of
the black clothes worn by the persons to indicate that they were police officers.
135.
The Panel is of the view that it is not always the case that police officers who
par�cipated in special opera�ons and who wore or were fully dressed in black
clothes with balaclavas had the police logo/emblem on either the front or the
back of their black clothes.
136.
This can be clearly seen in the video marked as Exhibit 82 of the then Sultan of
Kelantan, Tuanku Ismail Petra Sultan Yahya Petra, whose convoy was stopped by
another police convoy on 4 May 2010. Some of the officers of the la�er convoy
can be seen in the video to be fully dressed in black clothes with balaclavas
without any police logo/emblem seen on either the front or the back of the black
clothes worn. There can be no dispute that the men in black were police officers
taking part in a special opera�on.
51
Refer to page 79-81 Notes of Proceeding dated on 30 October 2017.
Refer to page 20 of the Wri�en Submissions by Counsel on behalf of the Family of Pastor Raymond Koh dated 15 January
2019.
52
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PASTOR RAYMOND KOH
that the modus of the opera�on in the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh
was a special opera�on carried out by the Police.51