Eight years after Amri went missing, wife still prays for safe return

 

The wife of Amri Che Mat still clings to hope for his safe return, eight years after he was abducted in an act of enforced disappearance.

Met by the media after she took the witness stand in her lawsuit against the police and government, Norhayati Mohd Ariffin tearfully expressed the desire for herself and her family to be reunited with the missing activist.

“I always pray for his safety and wellbeing. We miss him so much.

“Hope he is okay,” the 51-year-old said as she wiped tears from her eyes as she waited to confer with her legal team at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

Earlier, during the full trial of her suit before judge Su Tiang Joo, she testified that she lodged a police report last night to track down restaurant owner Saiful Afdzan Senei, who was a key witness to Amri’s (above) abduction on Nov 24, 2016.

Norhayati, in the civil action, seeks a court order for the police to wrap up the investigation into the whereabouts of Amri.

Norhayati Mohd Ariffin

On April 3, 2019, Suhakam’s public inquiry concluded that Amri and pastor Raymond Koh, who vanished in 2016 and 2017 respectively, were victims of enforced disappearances.

The three-member panel unanimously concluded that the perpetrators were members of the Special Branch from police headquarters Bukit Aman in Kuala Lumpur.

Koh’s family also has an ongoing civil court action against the police and government over the pastor’s enforced disappearance. - Mkini