KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): Datin Seri Pamela Ling Yueh’s family lawyer has called for an independent and transparent probe into the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) handling of her case. In a statement on Tuesday, Sangeet Kaur Deo said it has been 33 days since Pamela went missing, and the MACC has yet to explain its actions leading up to her disappearance.

“At a time when public confidence in the agency is being questioned, its chief, who has refused to address the matter, has been reappointed to another term,” she said.

“From the start, the MACC said Pamela was only assisting in investigations. Later, they claimed she was a ‘suspect’. Which was it? If she was a suspect all along, why was this not made clear? If she wasn’t, why was she hunted so aggressively?,” the lawyer asked further.

Sangeet said Ling was never charged, even after nine interviews, and questioned whether the investigation was genuine or had another purpose.

The lawyer added that the MACC released a timeline of events but left out key details — such as Ling being arrested, held in custody, questioned multiple times, and placed under a travel ban that separated her from her children.

“The MACC also failed to mention how its officers served notices improperly through her father. And used an arrest warrant related to a case which had already been settled months before, to lure her from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur.”

“It is publicly known that Pamela initiated matrimonial proceedings in Singapore, involving assets exceeding millions across multiple jurisdictions. Her estranged husband countered in Malaysia. Pamela also filed a suit in the Singapore High Court, alleging that he (the husband) fraudulently transferred her company shares and forged her signature,” the lawyer said.

Sangeet said these private disputes were aggressively interfered with by the MACC, raising concerns about misuse of power and whether their actions were appropriate.

Sangeet said Ling was forced to stay in Malaysia under MACC’s watch, and was separated from her three children in Singapore due to a travel ban that was imposed without any explanation.

“Even when her lawyers sought to lift the restriction, the MACC refused to respond. Just days later, she disappeared. The MACC’s integrity is being called into question. Yet, in the face of growing public concerns, the MACC has remained silent.

“This silence reinforces suspicion and erodes credibility. Malaysians deserve a corruption fighting institution that commands trust, not one that fuels mistrust by retreating into silence when transparency is most needed,” Sangeet said.

The lawyer said the MACC must answer three matters, namely:-

“We have not forgotten (the disappearance of) Teoh Beng Hock, Pastor Raymond Koh or Amri Che Mat. Will Pamela be the next name on that list?,” she asked.

Ling has filed a judicial review to challenge the MACC’s travel ban and investigations that pressured her to resolve private disputes with her estranged husband. 

The review is set for May 19, and her affidavit challenging the MACC’s actions was published in The Edge Malaysia weekly on May 12, 2025.

“I verily believe that the true purpose of my arrest, remand, and subsequently the travel restriction was to put pressure on me to resolve my claims on matrimonial assets and other matters with my husband,” Ling said in her affidavit in support.

She is married to Datuk Seri Thomas Hah Tiing Siu.

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