Cops tell why remand application for Pamela’s husband rejected

 Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Isa says the court found it unnecessary to remand Hah Tiing Siu as he had promised to cooperate and could be called in anytime.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Isa said they have no new leads on the whereabouts of Pamela Ling.

PETALING JAYA:

 Police have sought to explain why the Putrajaya magistrates’ court rejected their application to remand Sarawakian businessman Hah Tiing Siu, the husband of missing Pamela Ling.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Isa said the court found that it was unnecessary for Hah, also known as Thomas Hah, to be remanded, Sinar Harian reported.

This was after Hah’s lawyer had promised that his client would cooperate with the investigation and that he could be called in by the police anytime.

Rusdi also said police have no new leads on Ling’s whereabouts and that the investigation is ongoing to determine whether she is still in the country or otherwise.

“We do not see any signs of her exiting the country,” he said, adding that the police also did not see any political involvement in her disappearance.

Rusdi said 47 people have given their statements to assist in the investigation, including Ling’s three children and several of her close associates.

He said the statements by the three children were recorded at the Singapore police’s Woodlands headquarters, adding that the children have not been in contact with their mother since her disappearance.

Ling, 42, was reported missing on April 9 while on her way to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s headquarters in Putrajaya to give a statement related to an ongoing investigation.

MACC opened a probe into Ling and Hah in May last year for alleged corruption and money laundering offences. It later said Ling was never a suspect but only a witness. - FMT