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KUALA LUMPUR, April 9, 2025: In Malaysia, when the police and Jais (Islamic Religious Department of Selangor) get their hands on you on a religious probe, you can disappear from the face of this world without a trace.
That’s exactly what happened to the above four (image above) from 2016 - that’s about 19 years ago!
The public felt Polis di-Raja Malaysia (PDRM) did not take the abductions seriously. Therefore, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) launched an investigation. It used powers given to it by the Parliament of Malaysia.
In April 2019, Suhakam concluded that Amri and Koh were victims of “enforced disappearance,” as defined in the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances (ICPPED).
Yet, there is still no closure to the disappearances after 19 years! Both the police and the federal governments (elected every five years), including the present, are obviously not interested to determine or find out who were responsible for the “enforced disappearances”.
The police and Jais, work hand in glove, and they behave as if they are the judge, jury and executioner when it involves a religious probe/investigation.
The missing are physically missing without a trace!
And the wife of Pastor Raymond Koh, Susanna, has written a plea updating the disgusting testimony of the prime suspect, Awalludin Jadid, retied Principal Assistant Director of the Social Extremism Monitoring Unit (E2) of the Police Special Branch. His rank was Deputy Commissioner of Police – very few officers attain this very high rank
This is Susanna’s plea:
*Note from Susanna Koh - please pray.*
Dear friends,
It is with mixed feelings that I write this update.
Our family sat through two full days of questioning of the prime suspect, Awalludin Jadid in the abduction of Pastor Raymond Koh.
We felt angry, sad,
The news reports did not do justice to the excellent job done by our lawyer, Datuk Jerald Gomez.
Only one person, Rama Ramananthan did a good job writing about what transpired in court.
I appeal to all of you to viral this article and write your comments regarding what has been brought up.
Do not be afraid to speak out for truth and justice.
Thank you for standing together with the Koh Family.
This is the latest article by Rama in his blog https://write2rest.blogspot.com/2025/04/awaludin-jadid-of-special-branch-sworn.html
No News Is Bad News reproduces below news reports of the court proceedings and a background of the “enforced disappearances”:
Ex-cop says investigators recorded his statement in Pastor Koh’s case
-08 Apr 2025, 06:26 PM
However, Awaludin Jadid tells the High Court he was not called before the task force to explain his 2016 speech.
Former Special Branch officer Awaludin Jadid is a defendant in the suit brought by Pastor Raymond Koh’s wife over her husband’s disappearance in 2017.
KUALA LUMPUR: A former senior officer of Bukit Aman’s Special Branch told the High Court today that officers from a task force investigating the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh and activist Amri Che Mat recorded his statement six years ago.
Awaludin Jadid, who previously led the Special Branch’s social extremism division, said he met the task force’s investigating officers at the Ampang police station on Sept 23, 2019.
However, he said the statement recorded from him was “not sufficient” and insisted that he should have been asked to appear in person before the task force.
“They made assumptions and conclusions without asking me to explain what I meant in my (2016) ceramah.
“They should have conducted the inquiry in the same way Suhakam did. This was why I disagreed (with the task force’s findings),” he said.
Awaludin was testifying in a lawsuit brought by Koh’s wife, Susanna Liew, against him, the police and government over the pastor’s disappearance.
Liew wants the authorities to be held liable for his unlawful abduction and for misfeasance in public office.
Previously, task force chairman Abd Rahim Uda testified that the task force had limited powers and had to rely on investigating officers from the police force and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to gather information.
The task force’s report, which was classified, concluded that “rogue” police officers were directly or indirectly involved in Koh and Amri’s disappearance.
The report was tendered as evidence at the trial.
The task force had also found that Awaludin was one of the “persons of interest” in both men’s disappearance.
Awaludin also repeated his complaint that the notes of proceedings taken during the Suhakam inquiry were “unfair”.
“No one from the AGC (Attorney-General’s Chambers) gave us advice.
“We were asked a lot of questions (by lawyers for the families of Koh and Amri). Some of our explanations were not recorded,” he said.
Awaludin also told Justice Su Tiang Joo that he and members of the social extremism division were invited by churches and non-Muslim NGOs to give speeches on national security issues.
He said these invitations were usually made when an election was around the corner.
“The police established ‘liaisons’ with all religious bodies (in curbing extremism),” Awaludin said.
Koh disappeared on Feb 13, 2017, after he was abducted on Jalan SS4B/10 in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
The hearing continues on April 28 and 29.
Task force’s report on Pastor Koh biased against me, ex-cop tells court
-07 Apr 2025, 06:32 PM
Former Special Branch officer Awaludin Jadid says the task force members never met him to hear his explanation.
Former Special Branch officer Awaludin Jadid said he gave a speech at a local university on the topic of ‘extremism’ to inform the public about the ‘dangers’ posed by Shia and Christianity towards the Muslim community.
KUALA LUMPUR: A former senior officer from Bukit Aman’s Special Branch has accused a task force probing the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh and Amri Che Mat of bias against him.
Awaludin Jadid, who previously led the Special Branch’s social extremism division, said the task force members never met him to hear his explanation.
“I want to go on record to say this was a biased report,” he said during his testimony in a lawsuit brought by Koh’s wife, Susanna Liew, on behalf of their family, against him, the police and the government over the pastor’s disappearance.
Liew wants the authorities to be held liable for her husband’s unlawful abduction and for misfeasance in public office.
The task force’s report, which was classified, concluded that “rogue” police officers were directly or indirectly involved in Koh and Amri’s disappearance. The report was tendered as evidence at the trial.
The task force had also found that Awaludin was one of the “persons of interest” in the disappearance of both Amri and Koh.
Today, Awaludin told the court he had delivered a speech at a local university in 2016 on the topic of “extremism”.
He said the speech was meant to inform the public about the “dangers” posed by Shia and Christianity towards the Muslim community.
“This is to prevent them (Shia and Christianity) from becoming a national threat.
“The task force said I gave a ‘stern’ warning to the participants (to take action to curb the spread of Shia and Christianity), which I do not agree with,” he said.
Awaludin said his call for NGOs, political parties like PAS, and individuals to “join forces” with the police was a reference to holding programmes aimed at strengthening the Sunni Muslim faith among Muslims in the country.
He also lamented the “inconsistent” approach taken by the religious authorities of the different states in curbing the spread of Shia.
“Some states took action while others did not,” he said.
He also told the court there was nothing wrong in him and his officers paying Perlis mufti Asri Zainul Abidin a courtesy call in October 2016.
“It was part of our job as the police,” he said.
Koh disappeared on Feb 13, 2017, after he was abducted on Jalan SS4B/10 in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
The hearing before Justice Su Tiang Joo continues tomorrow.
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Awaludin Jadid of the Special Branch: The Sworn Testimony of A Person of Interest in the Enforced Disappearances of Amri Che Mat and Raymond Koh
Kuala Lumpur, April 8, 2025. He said the eight units of the Special Branch of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) operate within silos. He insisted his unit in the Special Branch cannot operate in a silo. He insisted his unit only gathers and selectively shares intelligence, doesn’t even trace people. He insisted Muslim NGOs must be active in countering “Christianization” efforts. He insisted the government must be “subtle” in handling issues concerning religion.
He’s Datuk Awaludin Jadid. He served as a PDRM officer for 41 years. In 2018, he retired as Principal Assistant Director of the Social Extremism Monitoring Unit (E2) of the Special Branch. His rank was Deputy Commissioner of Police – very few officers attain this very high rank.
Early in his career, in 1987, Awaludin was a key figure in the Operation Lalang arrests and detentions of Joshua Jamaludin and Hilmy Md Nor. That operation was conducted under the Draconian Internal Security Act.
Awaludin’s implicated in the cases of Amri Che Mat and Raymond Koh. He’s one of the parties being sued by the two families.
Amri, an alleged Shiite, was abducted in Kangar, Perlis, in November 2016. Koh, a Christian pastor, was abducted in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, in February 2017.
Amri’s friends gathered evidence, including eyewitness testimony, which indicated Amri had been abducted, and passed it on to PDRM. PDRM had eyewitness and CCTV recordings which indicated Koh was abducted.
The public felt PDRM didn’t take the abductions seriously. Therefore, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) launched an investigation. It used powers given to it by the Parliament of Malaysia.
In April 2019, Suhakam concluded that Amri and Koh were victims of “enforced disappearance,” as defined in the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances (ICPPED).
“An enforced disappearance is … the arrest, detention, abduction or any other form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty or by concealment of the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person, which place such a person outside the protection of the law.” (Article 2 of ICPPED)
Suhakam concluded that the Special Branch of PDRM was responsible.
Suhakam’s reports detailed sloppy and lackadaisical investigations conducted by the Perlis, Selangor, and Federal police in the cases.
The Cabinet, then headed by Tun Mahathir, appointed a Special Task Force (STF) to look into Suhakam’s findings. In February 2020, the STF submitted a confidential final report to Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. The government sealed the report.
After hearing representations from the families of Amri and Koh, two judges of the High Court separately ordered the (Madani) government to release the STF report to the families. The government complied in 2024, with a conditional release.
From portions of the report read in open court, the public learned that the STF agreed with much of Suhakam’s findings, including the finding that PDRM should have treated Awaludin as a Person of Interest in both cases.
I wrote about Awaludin during the Suhakam inquiry, and when he testified during the ongoing civil suit being pursued by Amri’s family.
Yesterday and today, I heard Awaludin’s testimony in the civil suit Pastor Koh’s family are pursuing. Here, I’ll list the claims he made.
He claims the STF report is biased. Yesterday, news portals focused on one thing Awaludin said yesterday in his sworn testimony. The Koh family’s lawyer, Datuk Jerald Gomez, got Awaludin to confirm it today. Awaludin again said the STF report is unfair, weak, and biased.
He said this is principally because the STF commissioners did not interview him. He said the conclusions they drew from the sworn statement recorded from him by police officers they appointed were incorrect; they should have spoken to him directly.
(Awaludin seems unaware that the STF commissioners didn’t have the power to call him. They had to work through the police officers. They said in their report that a Royal Commission of Inquiry – which will have the requisite powers – should be formed to do what PDRM failed to do.)
He claims some kindergartens which advertise as “Muslim” are actually operated by Christians. When asked to elaborate, he spoke of the DUMC dinner organized by Raymond Koh’s organization, Harapan Komuniti, in 2011. He gave no example of a kindergarten.
He claims the DUMC raid was of a Buka Puasa event. Lawyer Datuk Jerald showed him Suhakam’s conclusion that it was a fundraising and thanksgiving dinner. Awaludin insisted he had received intelligence which showed it was a Buka Puasa (breaking of fast) event.
He claims the judiciary was infiltrated by Shiites.
He claims JAKIM was infiltrated by Shiites.
He claims PDRM is glad PAS, the Malaysian “Islamic” political party withdrew from Pakatan Rakyat, and prays PAS will not again join a similar coalition. He says the police should collaborate with PAS, because they are more skilled in interpreting Islam.
He claims PDRM is confused because only some state Islamic departments take actions to curb Shiites.
He claims his visit to Datuk Asri (“Maza”), Mufti of Perlis in October 2016 was a courtesy call, not a meeting to discuss security threats related to religious groups and activities. But he agrees it was a formal meeting, with PowerPoint presentations and discussion of threats!
He claims he didn’t know Sergeant Shamzaini worked for the Special Branch. Despite the fact that Shamzaini is the whistleblower who linked Awaludin to the abductions of both Amri and Koh, and revealed the whereabouts and thus owner, of a gold Toyota Vios which had been used for monitoring Amri’s house and was involved in Koh’s abduction.
He claims after abolition of the Internal Security Act, PDRM cannot act to curtail religious threats. “Curtailing these threats must now be done through state Muslim religious departments and NGOs.”
He claims when he labelled Shiism as an “enemy,” (musuh) he didn’t mean enemy. Go figure.
He claims he didn’t bother with Saiful Bahari, the disappeared owner of the gold Toyota Vios. Because the Amri and Raymond cases were not within his scope.
He claims he has no opinion as to why Saiful Bahari has not responded to public notices for him to present himself to the police. This was his response when Jerald asked him to comment on whether it was possible that Saiful was being prevented from attending or was hiding.
He claims he doesn’t know how to trace people. Because he’s never done it, because it’s never been within his scope of work.
He claims he disagrees with Suhakam and the STF that Amri’s wife Norhayati is a more credible witness than Sergeant Shamzaini. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
He claims Suhakam’s Notes of Proceedings omitted things he said, and the PDRM staff lawyers who represented PDRM at the Suhakam inquiries lacked the skills to do their jobs well. The presiding judge, Justice Su Tiang Joo asked the Senior Federal Counsel if she had been informed and if this was part of their defence. She said no.
He claims he was never questioned by PDRM in the investigations of Amri and Raymond. (He flip-flopped over whether he went to the Ampang police station for STF-appointed police officers to record his statement. His final answer is yes, he did go there.)
He claims he was never informed that the STF concluded he was a person of interest in the two cases. He said he only learned of it during the course of these trials.
He claims he’s not an extremist, and it’s not his personal agenda to eliminate Shiites in Malaysia. (He’s denying a statement made about him in the STF report, based on their review of evidence about him.)
He claims if “Christianization” efforts are not curbed, there will be social unrest. Therefore, all such efforts must be treated seriously.
He claims the effects of Christianization and spread of Shiism are similar to those which arise from terrorism.
He claims the speeches he made and the positions he took are due to his dutiful discharge of his responsibility as head of E2, not due to his personal agenda.
He claims he’s accepted invitations from Shiites to speak with them. He qualified this by saying they were “better” Shiites!
He claims “tariqa” (Sufi doctrine) Muslim groups propagate teachings which narrow minds, are dangerous, and must be countered with correct teachings.
Awaludin confirmed that Azam Azahari, whose name Amri’s wife Norhayati included in the notes she made immediately after the nocturnal visit from Sergeant Shamzaini, was a videographer in the Special Branch, Bukit Aman, and was present at the meeting with the Mufti of Perlis. (Nurhayati said Shamzaini told her Azam was in the Toyota Vios, with the car's owner, monitoring Amri’s house in Kangar; CCTV recordings show a videographer was present during Koh's abduction.)
I wonder what subsequent heads of E2, the Social Extremism Division of the Royal Malaysian Police’s Special Branch, think about how religious practices should be monitored, controlled and countered in Malaysia.
I wonder whether there’s been any discussion between the Home Minister, the Religious Affairs Minister, and the Unity Minister, concerning the role of PDRM and the Special Branch, in light of the enforced disappearances of Amri and Koh – and of Joshua Hilmy and Ruth Sitepu.
Will the Madani government form an independent, empowered unit to investigate the 10 persons identified by the STF as persons of interest? It seems they were all present at the meeting with the Mufti!
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The "write2rest.blogspot.com" blog, which focuses on the enforced disappearances of Amri Che Mat and Pastor Raymond Koh, has been a platform for documenting their cases, sharing information, and advocating for justice.
Here's a summary of the key aspects of the blog's content and the cases it covers:
Amri Che Mat and Raymond Koh's Disappearances:
Amri Che Mat:
A social activist and Shia Muslim convert, Amri was abducted on November 24, 2016, while driving to visit a friend.
Raymond Koh:
A Christian pastor, Raymond was abducted on February 13, 2017, on Jalan SS4B/10 in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Shared Concerns:
Both disappearances have raised concerns about the role of the Malaysian police's Special Branch and the lack of accountability for these alleged enforced disappearances.
The "write2rest.blogspot.com" Blog
Purpose:
The blog serves as a platform to document the cases of Amri and Raymond, share information, and advocate for justice and accountability.
Content:
The blog likely contains articles, news updates, personal accounts, and calls for action related to the disappearances.
Focus:
The blog likely highlights the following:
> The details of the disappearances.
> The role of the Malaysian police and the Special Branch.
> The lack of accountability and the ongoing search for answers.
> The efforts of families and activists to seek justice.
Key Events and Developments:
SUHAKAM Inquiry:
The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) conducted inquiries into the disappearances, with findings suggesting the involvement of the Special Branch.
Task Force:
A government-appointed special task force was established to investigate the disappearances, with the findings classified.
Public Reactions:
The disappearances have sparked public outcry and calls for transparency and justice.
Ongoing Advocacy:
Families and activists continue to advocate for the return of Amri and Raymond and for accountability for their disappearances.
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