Police awaiting info from Thai cops on Pastor Koh's abduction

KUALA LUMPUR: Police today revealed that they are waiting for a few requests from their Thai counterparts on information related to the abduction of Pastor Raymond Koh Keng Joo.
"The probe is ongoing but we need some time because we are in the midst of getting some information from the Thai police," Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar (pix) told reporters at a police function at the Bukit Aman police headquarters here today.
On July 25, Khalid revealed that a group based in southern Thailand may have been involved in Koh's abduction.
He said investigations showed the group has links with the human and drug trafficking syndicate busted in an operation in Kedah and Perak on June 17, in which three suspects were detained and one was shot dead.
Khalid did not specify if the Thailand-based group was involved in criminal or terrorist activities.
He said the trio were led by the suspect who was shot dead.
In June, police shot dead a suspected arms and drugs smuggler at the northern region of the country.
They arrested the three suspects after they found pictures of Koh's home in the mastermind's house.
Khalid further revealed that the police report lodged by activist Peter Chong Fook Meng in Pattaya in April could have links to the abduction as well.
Chong had previously claimed he was abducted and threatened by a group of men before lodging a report there.
On the morning of Feb 13, the 62-year-old Koh was abducted by a group of masked men less than 100m from a police housing complex in SS4, Kelana Jaya. Video footage from CCTVs in the area showed seven vehicles, including three black four-wheel drive vehicles, forcing his car to a stop in the middle of the road.
The drivers then used their vehicles to box in Koh's car and prevent him from driving off.
Less than a minute later, Koh was overpowered and his car bearing the registration plate ST5515D was driven away, with the other abductors hurriedly following behind.