Pastor Koh And Activist Amri Che Mat : Suhakam Says A Case Of Forced Disappearance

Bolehlanders had long suspected that the abduction of Pastor Koh was no ordinary case of kidnapping because of the slick manner it was carried out involving several SUVs and some guys directing traffic and even one video recording the operation.

Activist Amri Che Mat also seemed to have disappeared in suspicious circumstances.

Therefore it did not come as a surprise to Bolehlanders that Suhakam has concluded  that their abductions were a case of enforced disappearance by state agents involving the Special Branch.

What is scary is that they should have happened in Bolehland. One would have thought that such things only happen in banana republics and madcap dictatorships.

And why were Pastor Koh and activist Amri abducted and not seen until today? For what reasons? It is scary to think that Bolehland should have state sponsored disappearances for whatever reasons or justifications.

The important question is what and whether the PH government is going to do to deal with the issue?

It is disappointing that Mahathir has already said Suhakam's finding is hearsay unless they could provide the evidence.

The fact is that whatever 'evidence' Suhakam could provide will, strictly speaking, still not be considered 'evidence' in the legal sense unless people have been charged in court and relevant material facts adduced in the course of the trial to amount to evidence in the legal sense.                                       

So, the best way to go about it, for a start, is to call up and investigate the IGP and the man in charge of the Special Branch at the time of the forced abductions, and the police personnel who had testified at the Suhakam hearing, and even the then Home Minister and, where appropriate, charge those believed to have had a hand in the enforced disappearances.

That is the way if the Pm wants proof of 'evidence'

If at the trial of those charged there is no or insufficient relevant material to convict, then it can be said there is no evidence of forced abductions and you could rightly say that the Suhakam conclusion was just hearsay.

Hahaha......