The abduction of Pastor Raymond Koh was similar to how a police operation is conducted, the Suhakam public inquiry into the disappearance of Koh and three others heard today.

The first witness at the inquiry, Roeshan Gomez, who was driving behind a silver Waja (earlier reports said Koh was driving a silver Proton Waja), said he saw the abduction.

“I was driving to the crematorium when I saw a silver (Proton) Waja in front of me. Then I saw five to six men in four SUVs. Then, I saw two people struggling in a car. One was trying to pull the other person out.

“My friend who was with me tried to shoot a video but we were blocked by an Indian man who stood in front of our car. We then reversed… and left the scene.”

Gomez, a 25-year-old doing his chambering at a law firm, said he then lodged a police report on the incident at the Kelana Jaya police station.

After he had described the scene to the investigating officer Inspector Ali Asra, the policeman allegedly told him that from the description given “could be similar to how a police operation is conducted”.

Gomez was then shown three closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) clips of the alleged abduction on February 13 and asked to confirm if they were the same SUVs and men that he and a friend saw during the incident.

The witness, however, could not recall any number plate.

Three days later, the witness was called to the Petaling Jaya police station to assist in coming out with a photofit of the Indian suspect.

There was no contact from police until July 7 when Gomez was called by police who said they had a suspect and wanted him picked out from an identification parade.

“There were three sets of line-ups consisting two Malay groups and one Indian group.  

“I told the police that I couldn’t identify anyone. The police then ask me to sign a statement that I couldn’t identify anyone,” said Gomez, who was accompanied by his lawyer.

He told the inquiry that the police told him they had arrested a suspect in Kedah where they also found Koh’s car number plates. – October 19, 2017.