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Pastor Koh’s wife breaks down while testifying in court
Susanna Liew says she and her children have been suffering from depression for the past six years.
Susanna Liew, the wife of missing pastor Raymond Koh, said she filed a suit against the government and police because she wanted justice.
KUALA LUMPUR: The wife of missing pastor Raymond Koh broke down in tears at the High Court when speaking of her family’s struggles since her husband’s disappearance six years ago.
Testifying before the court, Susanna Liew said she filed a lawsuit against the government and the police because she wanted to see justice is served.
Liew said she and her three children have been suffering from depression since Koh’s disappearance.
“It was really sad and disappointing because the police have not been forthcoming about their investigations (into Koh’s disappearance).
“They made my life difficult and kept interrogating me.”
Convinced that Koh is likely dead, Liew said she needed to know what happened to her husband and hoped the “perpetrators” would be brought to justice.
She said her family had not been able to get any closure in the matter despite the passing of six years since the pastor’s disappearance.
“The right of my family members to receive the body of the person who has been ‘forcefully disappeared’ has not been respected and protected,” she said.
In 2020, Liew filed a lawsuit against the police, the IGP and a number of former high-ranking police officers over her husband’s disappearance.
The list includes former inspectors-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar, Fuzi Harun as well as former principal assistant director of the Special Branch’s social extremism division, Awaludin Jadid.
The others named in the lawsuit are former criminal investigation department chief Huzir Mohamed, former Selangor CID chief Fadzil Ahmat, and police officers Supari, Khor Yi Shuen, Hazril Kamis, Shamzaini Daud and Saiful Bahari Abdul Aziz.
Liew is seeking damages over Koh’s disappearance, as well as for the authorities to be held liable for his unlawful abduction and for misfeasance in public office.
No police action since 2011, says wife
Replying to a question by senior federal counsel Nurul Farhana Khalid, Liew said that until today she did not know who issued Koh a death threat prior to his disappearance.
Liew had earlier testified that Koh had in 2011 received two bullets and a note written in red ink. She said the threat came shortly after the Selangor Islamic religious department (Jais) raided a fundraising dinner held at the Damansara Utama Methodist Church on Aug 3, 2011.
Asked by Farhana whether it was possible that the package had been “wrongly sent to your house”, Liew answered in the negative.
She testified that following the raid, 12 Muslims who attended the dinner were asked to appear at Jais’s office.
The authorities did not come again to the church premises for any purpose after that incident, she added.
Questioned on her claim that Awaludin had spoken at two seminars in 2015 and 2016 about the proselytisation of Muslims, Liew said she did not attend the events but relied on media reports for the information.
Farhana told the court that the defendants intend to call Awaludin to testify at the trial.
The hearing continues before judicial commissioner Su Tiang Joo on May 27, 2024.
KUALA LUMPUR: The wife of missing pastor Raymond Koh broke down in tears at the High Court when speaking of her family’s struggles since her husband’s disappearance six years ago.
Testifying before the court, Susanna Liew said she filed a lawsuit against the government and the police because she wanted to see justice is served.
Liew said she and her three children have been suffering from depression since Koh’s disappearance.
“It was really sad and disappointing because the police have not been forthcoming about their investigations (into Koh’s disappearance).
“They made my life difficult and kept interrogating me.”
Convinced that Koh is likely dead, Liew said she needed to know what happened to her husband and hoped the “perpetrators” would be brought to justice.
She said her family had not been able to get any closure in the matter despite the passing of six years since the pastor’s disappearance.
“The right of my family members to receive the body of the person who has been ‘forcefully disappeared’ has not been respected and protected,” she said.
In 2020, Liew filed a lawsuit against the police, the IGP and a number of former high-ranking police officers over her husband’s disappearance.
The list includes former inspectors-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar, Fuzi Harun as well as former principal assistant director of the Special Branch’s social extremism division, Awaludin Jadid.
The others named in the lawsuit are former criminal investigation department chief Huzir Mohamed, former Selangor CID chief Fadzil Ahmat, and police officers Supari, Khor Yi Shuen, Hazril Kamis, Shamzaini Daud and Saiful Bahari Abdul Aziz.
Liew is seeking damages over Koh’s disappearance, as well as for the authorities to be held liable for his unlawful abduction and for misfeasance in public office.
No police action since 2011, says wife
Replying to a question by senior federal counsel Nurul Farhana Khalid, Liew said that until today she did not know who issued Koh a death threat prior to his disappearance.
Liew had earlier testified that Koh had in 2011 received two bullets and a note written in red ink. She said the threat came shortly after the Selangor Islamic religious department (Jais) raided a fundraising dinner held at the Damansara Utama Methodist Church on Aug 3, 2011.
Asked by Farhana whether it was possible that the package had been “wrongly sent to your house”, Liew answered in the negative.
She testified that following the raid, 12 Muslims who attended the dinner were asked to appear at Jais’s office.
The authorities did not come again to the church premises for any purpose after that incident, she added.
Questioned on her claim that Awaludin had spoken at two seminars in 2015 and 2016 about the proselytisation of Muslims, Liew said she did not attend the events but relied on media reports for the information.
Farhana told the court that the defendants intend to call Awaludin to testify at the trial.
The hearing continues before judicial commissioner Su Tiang Joo on May 27, 2024.
It is a tragedy , and ridiculous farce that the family of a Malaysian citizen who was "disappeared" cannot get justice
ReplyDeleteThis was under an operation that Suhakam has concluded was carried out by players who were part of the Malaysian government apparatus.
Whether it was an officially sanctioned operation or rogue players is a separate issue.
What a drama Queen!
ReplyDeleteVis-a-vis yr palsu exhibition?
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