Peter Chong claims he went to Thailand to obtain information on missing pastor Raymond

PETALING JAYA: Activist Peter Chong Fook Meng who went missing on April 5, is safely back with his family after ostensibly being abducted in Thailand.
The former Petaling Jaya municipal councillor has reportedly told police he was abducted in Haadyai where he had gone to meet someone with information on the disappearance of pastor Raymond Koh Keng Joo.
"But when he reached Haadyai, Chong said he was abducted and taken to Pattaya instead," Kuala Lumpur police chief Commissioner Datuk Amar Singh said today.
Following his release by his abductors in Pattaya, Chong contacted his son who bought him a flight ticket to return home.
Chong, 54, arrived at KL International Airport (KLIA) about 1pm today and was immediately whisked away by police for questioning.
Earlier, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar via his Twitter account posted two photos of the social activist clad in a pair of shorts and a blue T-shirt believed to be taken at the KL International Airport.
"Well done, Kuala Lumpur police. 'Missing' Peter Chong is back from Pattaya, this afternoon," his tweet read.
Khalid also confirmed to theSun later that Chong had under questioning related the incident in Thailand leading to his "disappearance".
Dang Wangi district police chief ACP Mohd Sukri Kaman said today police recorded a statement from Chong at KLIA and handed him over to his family there.
"We handed him over to the family at 2.15pm. We didn't bring him to Dang Wangi station. We just recorded a statement at the airport," he said.
Attempts to contact Chong or his family for comments were futile at press time.
Last week, Khalid said police had obtained photos that Chong crossed the border at the Bukit Kayu Hitam immigration checkpoint into Thailand at around 6.30am on April 7 but there was no record of his return to Malaysia.
As intelligence reports revealed there was no criminal element in his disappearance here, police here had sought help from their Thai counterparts to trace Chong.
Chong's apparent disappearance came after the widely-reported abduction of Koh by a group of men as he was driving along Jalan Bahagia, SS5 Petaling Jaya on Feb 13.
Chong, an active participant of several candlelight vigils held for Koh had posted in Facebook on March 31 that on his way to breakfast, he had been approached by a young motorcyclist who had given him a "friendly" warning about people going "missing".
With the message posted just days before he went "missing", Chong's disappearance had raised fear among friends who thought he may have suffered the same fate as Koh.