Pastor Koh’s wife wants closure over disappearance

KUALA LUMPUR: “It is hard to go on like this.”

This was the tearful plea by Susanna Liew for the government to solve the disappearance of her husband Pastor Raymond Koh. He has been missing since February last year.

“It has been more than 500 days since his disappearance. That is a long time to wait.

“There is no closure,” she said when met after the resumption of the public inquiry by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia.

Liew, 62, who was accompanied by her eldest son Jonathan Koh, said the wait for answers had taken a toll on her and the family.

“We were told by the Attorney General’s Chambers that the police will update the family. But till today, we have not heard anything.

“Malaysians also want to know where Pastor Koh is and who gave the instructions to do all this,” she added yesterday.

At the inquiry, Immigration Department assistant deputy director Hamid Momong testified that government enforcement agencies could request the department to keep a record of individuals going in or out of the country.

Hamid, who is in charge of passport and security, said the names of such individual would appear on the department’s suspects list or blacklist.

The inquiry was adjourned to Sept 3 by Commissioner Datuk Mah Weng Kwai for Hamid to produce the suspects list.

Koh, 62, was abducted by a group of men along Jalan SS4B/10 in Petaling Jaya on Feb 13, 2017, while on his way to a friend’s house.