IO said Pastor Koh's abduction was like a police ops, witness claims

A police personnel investigating the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh had remarked that the latter's abduction was similar to a police operation, the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) public hearing was told today.

Witness Roeshan Celestine Gomez said the investigating officer (IO) from the Kelana Jaya police department had made the remark when the witness' police report on the incident was lodged.

"He said not to worry and that it looked very much like the modus operandi of a police operation," Gomez said during the public hearing in Kuala Lumpur.

"(The IO) said it happened (during) broad daylight, it was very quick... He said the fact someone was taking a video, (would) fit the police operation method."

Gomez was the first witness in the Suhakam hearing on the disappearances of four individuals since November last year.

Koh was abducted on Feb 13 in Petaling Jaya. A video recording of the incident depicted him being taken by masked men on a busy road.

Gomez had stumbled upon the scene while on the way to a funeral.

He was the driver of a white Myvi which can be seen reversing from the scene in the unedited version of the CCTV footage.

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-Mkini