Personal issues among 3 angles being probed
> IGP: Don’t speculate on govt personnel involvement in pastor’s
GEORGE TOWN: Personal issues is one of three angles police are looking at in the abduction of Pastor Raymond Koh in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the other two angles being investigated are on extremist elements and “kidnap for ransom”.
“There have been cases where the kidnappers have held the victim for months before contact,” he said in response to questions on the lack of any ransom demand so far.
On the subject of personal issues, Khalid expressed hope that Koh’s family “will tell us what they have not told us”.
He also told the public and media in no uncertain terms to stop speculating on Koh’s abduction, adding that candlelight vigils were not helping.
“To put it bluntly, shut up and let us do our work,” he said at a press conference yesterday.
Khalid also told people not to make unnecessary accusations that the abduction involved government personnel due to it being well executed.
He said criminals are now well organised and that they have learned from movies, and cited the Geng Satu Hati as an example.
In a statement, Koh’s wife, Susanna Liew Sow Yoke, has called on the public to give the police space to conduct their work, without undue speculation or unverified allegations.
Earlier, Khalid attended the opening of the International Drug Enforcement Conference Far East Regional Working Group Meeting with US ambassador to Malaysia Kamala Shirin Lakhdir and US Drug Enforcement Agency Far East regional director Jesse R. Fong.