Court gives Pastor Koh’s
wife access to report on his
disappearance
The High Court orders the government to hand over a task force’s classified report to Susanna Liew within three days from today.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has ordered the government to hand over a classified task force report on the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh to his wife.
Justice Su Tiang Joo allowed Susanna Liew’s application for discovery of the document on grounds that the report is relevant in her ongoing lawsuit against the government and police for Koh’s disappearance.
He ordered the government to produce the task force report within three days from today.
In her application, Liew said the family had a right to know the task force’s findings on Koh’s disappearance.
She named the inspector-general of police and a number of former high-ranking police officers in her lawsuit.
The list includes former IGPs Khalid Abu Bakar and Fuzi Harun, and former principal assistant director of the Special Branch’s social extremism division, Awaludin Jadid.
Liew is seeking damages over Koh’s disappearance, and for the authorities to be held liable for his unlawful abduction, and for misfeasance in public office.
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The information is unfortunately still an official secret, just only that the Judge has instructed that Pastor Koh's wife be given access to the document as part of the legal case she is pursuing.
ReplyDeleteA small win for her legal rights, but the public still kept in the dark.