Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said there may be an additional non-Malay member on the special task force to probe the disappearance of pastor Raymond Koh and Perlis activist Amri Che Mat.
He said they have also chosen a replacement for former cop Mokhtar Mohd Noor, who withdrew from the task force on July 2.
“After (Mokhtar’s withdrawal), at the ministry level and at my level, we have already named a replacement and I think we can maybe add one more person aside from the replacement, and this person we may choose a non-Malay who I feel is more suitable to sit on the task force,” Muhyiddin said in a press conference after attending a Hari Raya open house at Pusat Latihan Polis (Pulapol) in Kuala Lumpur today.
Muhyiddin also said that the task force will meet either tomorrow or the day after.
Bukit Aman’s former legal unit chief Mokhtar Mohd Noor appointment to the task force came under criticism after Koh’s family called into question his neutrality.
A few days later, he announced his withdrawal from the task force.
The task force, led by retired High Court judge Abdul Rahim Uda, also comprises Bukit Aman's Integrity and Standard Compliance Department director Zamri Yahya, Enforcement Agencies Integrity Commission (EAIC) operations director Muhammad Bukhari Abdul Hamid, legal officer at the Public Prosecution Division of the Attorney-General’s Chambers Mohd Sophian Zakaria, and Police Force Commission (SSP) secretary Mohd Russaini Idrus.
Suhakam on April 3 released its report after an 18-month inquiry into a series of missing person cases.
The report made the conclusion that the police’s Special Branch was involved in the “enforced disappearances” of Koh and Amri and following this, the cabinet, in May, agreed for a special task to be formed to investigate Suhakam’s findings.
Koh, 64, was abducted by a group of masked men while driving in Kelana Jaya, Selangor on Feb 13, 2017, while Amri, 44, a co-founder of Perlis Hope Welfare Association, disappeared on Nov 24, 2016. - Mkini
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