There was enough evidence to show that the state and its actors were involved in the abduction of the missing Pastor Raymond Koh, the High Court here said in its ruling on a lawsuit against the government and police.
Justice Su Tiang Joo said Koh’s wife, Susanna Liew, had presented sufficient circumstantial evidence to show that the state and its officers were involved in the abduction.
“The unknown operatives acted in a sophisticated manner, suggesting (that Koh’s abduction was committed by) an institutional organisation,” he said in delivering his decision.
The judge pointed out that the government did not offer an explanation on the sequence of events in their defence.
Su also said that despite the availability of CCTV recordings of Koh’s abduction and eyewitnesses, the police did not pursue the case wholeheartedly “for reasons that…