PUTRAJAYA: The home ministry says it has yet to receive the full report on an investigation into the disappearance of two missing activists, more than six months after forming a special task force to act upon findings that Pastor Raymond Koh and Amri Che Mat were abducted by police.
Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the task force headed by former high court judge Abd Rahim Uda has requested for more time to complete its report.
“I hope the report can be ready in a month and submitted to the ministry,” he told reporters after attending a ministry gathering.
The task force was announced in June to follow up on findings by the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) that the Special Branch was involved in the disappearances of Koh and Amri.
Other members of the task force are Zamri Yahya, director of the police’s Integrity and Standards Compliance Department; Muhammad Bukhari Ab Hamid, director of operations at the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC); Mohd Sophian Zakaria, legal officer at the public prosecution division of the Attorney-General’s Chambers; and Mohd Russaini Idrus, secretary at the Police Force Commission (SPP) for the home affairs ministry.
Following a lengthy hearing, Suhakam had in April last year concluded that Koh and Amri were victims of enforced disappearance.
Koh was abducted by masked men on Jalan SS4B/10 in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, on Feb 13, 2017, and Amri disappeared on Nov 24, 2016, after leaving his home in Kangar, Perlis.
Meanwhile, Muhyiddin said a report by the royal commission of inquiry into the discovery of human trafficking camps and mass graves in Wang Kelian, Perlis would be presented to the Cabinet next week.
“The Wang Kelian RCI report is ready and has been submitted to the Agong,” he added.
The RCI concluded in June last year, after proceedings spanning 17 days involving 48 witnesses.
In 2015, a total of 139 mass graves and 28 abandoned camps were discovered at Bukit Wang Burma in Wang Kelian, near the Malaysia-Thailand border.
Over 100 skeletal remains, believed to be those of Rohingya refugees, were found in the graves.
The government at the time was criticised for lack of action against top officials. Although four individuals were charged in court, critics said these were small-time traffickers. -FMT