Update: trial into Raymond Koh’s abduction continues

The investigation into the abduction of Raymond Koh continues in Malaysia. The court dates are widely spread out, meaning that Koh’s wife Susanna has a protracted ordeal as she waits to see whether or not justice will be done.

Pastor Raymond Koh was taken in broad daylight on 13 February 2017. He has not been heard from since. The evidence suggests that he was abducted by the Malaysian authorities because of his Christian faith and his role as an evangelist.
 

Investigating Officer cross-examined

On 14 May, four witnesses were called relating to the disappearance of Amri Che Mat, which is being considered alongside Pastor Raymond’s disappearance. The following day, the Deputy Superintendent of Police Supari Muhammad was cross-examined in court. He is the Investigating Officer in Pastor Raymond’s case – when the incident happened, he was Assistant Superintendent of Police. He was also the officer who interrogated Susanna Koh and her children until 3am on the night of Pastor Raymond’s disappearance.

When asked if this was the act of the police, DSP Supari denied immediately, but he also said that this abduction couldn’t have been done by a regular person as they would need resources to accomplish the task. DSP Supari initially thanked the Koh family for their cooperation in finding the CCTV footage after he claimed his team had tried to attain it and failed, saying that residents in the area were either not at home or uncooperative with the police. When asked for records of interviews the officers made to the nearby residents, there were none.

In court, he thanked the Koh family for cooperating with the police, but he wrote in his earlier report, “From the get-go, the family was not cooperating with the police.” When questioned about this, he said the family refused to answer his questions regarding Pastor Raymond’s ‘Christianisation’ of the community. They had come to file a missing person’s report.
 

Please pray for Susanna Koh

At this point, Susanna Koh broke down, sitting in the public gallery of the courtroom. She later explained how painful it was to hear DSP Supari talk about the interrogation she endured on that night. “It was like I was re-living that night all over again,” said Susanna.

The cross-examination of DSP Supari took the full day, with further questions to be asked by the Plaintiff Lawyer. Please continue to pray for Susanna and her family as the trial continues, and for justice and answers to be delivered. The hearing continues on 27 May 2025.