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Malaysia drops appeal on abducted activist’s case, family still seeks answers

South China Morning Post · · 255 words · By Ushar Daniele
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“Malaysia drops appeal on abducted activist’s case, family still seeks answers”
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“Rights group Suhakam says the police Special Branch was involved in the disappearances of Raymond Koh and another activist, Amri Che Mat”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amri Che Mat is a Malaysian social activist from Perlis, Malaysia, who was abducted on 24 November 2016. He was one of a number of social activists who have gone missing during the same time period, i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amri_Che_Mat
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Raymond Koh Keng Joo (Chinese: 许景裕) (born 2 November 1954, Johor Bahru) is a Christian pastor from Malaysia who was abducted by the Royal Malaysia Police on 13 February 2017. In early November 2025, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Koh
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Special Branch (SB; Malay: Cawangan Khas) is an intelligence agency attached to the Royal Malaysia Police. The SB is empowered to acquire and develop intelligence on internal and external threats …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Branch_(Malaysia)
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“Malaysia has given the family of missing pastor Raymond Koh access to a long-classified government report after dropping a legal challenge”
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“Koh has not been seen after the then 62-year-old was abducted in broad daylight in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, on February 13, 2017”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Raymond Koh Keng Joo (Chinese: 许景裕) (born 2 November 1954, Johor Bahru) is a Christian pastor from Malaysia who was abducted by the Royal Malaysia Police on 13 February 2017. In early November 2025, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Koh
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Town is the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is the core city of the George Town Conurbation, Malaysia's second largest metropolitan area with a population of 2.84 million and the s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Petaling Jaya (Malaysian pronunciation: [pətaliŋ d͡ʒaja] ), colloquially referred to as "PJ", is a city in Petaling District, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Originally developed as a satellite to…
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“The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) has concluded that the police Special Branch, the country’s intelligence unit, was behind the abduction, a finding the government has contested in court”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amri Che Mat is a Malaysian social activist from Perlis, Malaysia, who was abducted on 24 November 2016. He was one of a number of social activists who have gone missing during the same time period, i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amri_Che_Mat
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Raymond Koh Keng Joo (Chinese: 许景裕) (born 2 November 1954, Johor Bahru) is a Christian pastor from Malaysia who was abducted by the Royal Malaysia Police on 13 February 2017. In early November 2025, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Koh
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Special Branch (SB; Malay: Cawangan Khas) is an intelligence agency attached to the Royal Malaysia Police. The SB is empowered to acquire and develop intelligence on internal and external threats …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Branch_(Malaysia)
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“On Wednesday, the government withdrew its appeal against a High Court ruling granting Koh’s family access to its Special Task Force report, a classified document released after Suhakam’s 2019 findings”
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“The Court of Appeal struck out the government’s case and ordered it to pay 15,000 ringgit (US$3,700) in costs to Koh’s family”
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