KUALA LUMPUR (May 9): A month after Datin Seri Pamela Ling Yueh went missing, her family's lawyer has criticised police for suggesting she staged her own abduction.
“It has now been a full month since Pamela vanished after being summoned to the MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) on April 9,” said lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo. “The authorities have provided no credible basis for this so-called self-abduction theory.”
Sangeet, in a statement on Friday, called the claim a "smokescreen" to hide early investigation failures.
She pointed out that Ling is a devoted mother, with one child needing regular medical care, making it unlikely she would disappear willingly.
“Why vanish just days after filing a judicial review against the MACC and after nine interviews with them?” Sangeet asked.
She said authorities had admitted the use of “cloned cars” in the alleged abduction, yet basic investigative steps — such as reviewing closed-circuit television footage at Ling’s temporary residence in Cheras or tracing toll transactions — remain unclear or delayed.
“The family shouldn't have to rely on media reports to understand the investigation,” she added, urging ministers to take the case seriously.
Sangeet also called for relevant Cabinet ministers to take the missing case seriously, warning that Ling’s disappearance may not be an isolated incident.
“How many more need to go missing in this country before serious action is taken?” she asked.
On Thursday, KL Police Chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa told a press conference at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters that they were not ruling out the possibility that Ling's abduction was staged.
Ling disappeared on April 9 while heading to the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya to assist in an investigation under the MACC Act 2009 and the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.
Police are investigating the case as a possible abduction under Section 365 of the Penal Code.