Amri’s wife unhappy with a member of task force

Norhayati Mohd Ariffin, wife of Perlis-based activist Amri Che Mat.

PETALING JAYA: The wife of Perlis-based activist Amri Che Mat, who disappeared in November 2014 has cautioned that a member of the task force set up to investigate her husband’s disappearance may face potential conflict of interest.

“I am very unsatisfied with a member of the task force appointed,” Norhayati Mohd Ariffin told FMT when contacted.

She claimed that one of the members of the task force, Mokhtar Mohd Noor, who formerly led the Legal Department of the police force (PDRM), was directly involved in the investigations into Amri’s disappearance.

She added he got roped in when the investigating officer Khor Yi Shuen transferred the case to Bukit Aman.

At the time, she said he was still chairing the Legal Department there. She did not give further details of his involvement in the case.

Amri was the founder of a charity called Perlis Hope.

His wife claimed five vehicles had blocked her husband’s car before he was brought to a location near Bukit Chabang, Perlis.

The government has named former High Court judge Abd Rahim Uda to lead a task force to follow up on findings by the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) over the involvement of the Special Branch in the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh and activist Amri Che Mat.

The home ministry also announced five members of the task force. Besides Mokhtar, the others 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.

FMT has contacted Mokhtar for his response. -FMT