
The family of missing Pastor Raymond Koh has urged the government to protect Special Branch member Shamzaini Daud, whose revelations helped expose alleged police involvement in the enforced disappearances of Koh and activist Amri Che Mat.
They said Shamzaini’s decision to “come clean and tell the truth” enabled them to gather crucial evidence on the role of certain police officers in the alleged abductions.
“We hope individuals of integrity like Sergeant Shamzaini will be protected, as they are a bastion of truth in today’s fast, morally decrepit world,” the family said in a statement after the High Court ordered the government and police to pay over RM37 million in damages for Koh’s 2017 abduction.
During the trial for Amri’s case, the court heard that Shamzaini had told Amri’s wife, Norhayati Ariffin, that police officers were…