SUSANNA Liew, the wife of missing Pastor Raymond Koh, refused to comment on an American report that her husband was constantly harassed by Malaysian religious authorities for allegedly converting Muslims to Christianity.

Acknowledging that she read about the report released by the United States Commission on Religious Freedom last week, Susanna, however, said she was “uncomfortable” commenting on it.

The report said Malaysian religious authorities have previously harassed Koh after suspecting him of converting Muslims to Christianity.

But as far as Liew was concerned, her husband had not been harassed by any religious groups since the incident at the Damansara Utara Methodist Church (DUMC) in 2011 when the Selangor Religious Islamic Department (Jais) raided an event where Koh was hosting a luncheon which also had Muslim attendees.

Shortly after that, she said, Koh received two bullets in the post and a letter telling him to stop proselytising.

“There were no other incidents after that. I don’t know how the US got this information. It wasn’t from me,” Liew told The Malaysian Insight before attending a candlelight vigil in Ipoh last night.

The report added that these fears were heightened by reports of religious leaders being harassed and kidnapped.

On the suspicion that Koh was converting Muslims, Liew said she was “very uncomfortable” commenting on that.

“The fact is, he was kidnapped. Why is nothing being done about that?”

Meanwhile, the vigil for Koh and three other activists continued last night, this time in Ipoh, Perak. Previously it was held in Sabah, Sarawak and the Klang Valley.

Close to 150 people gathered at the YMCA Hall in Ipoh to show support for the families of those missing.

During the vigil, pastors from different language groups offered their prayers, including a pastor from an Orang Asli church in Gopeng. 

The gathering began at 8.30pm and ended at 10pm with the lighting of candles. 

Two days ago, the Citizen Action Group On Enforced Disappearance (Caged) was formed to find answers to the disappearance of Koh and the three other activists.

Caged comprise 48 civil society groups aiming to seek international help to pressure Putrajaya into providing answers to the disappearance of the activists who went missing in the past six months. 

The coalition will be seeking the assistance of the UN committee on “Enforced Disappearance”, Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch.

Koh was abducted from his vehicle while he was travelling along Jalan SS4B/10, Petaling Jaya on February 13, where CCTV footage showed 15 men in three black SUVs carrying out the abduction in a matter of seconds.

Koh’s car, a silver Honda Accord with the registration number ST 5515D, is still missing.

The others who have gone missing are Pastor Joshua Hilmy and wife Ruth, whose disappearance was first highlighted in an Australian website, xyz.net.au, on February 23, 10 days after Koh’s abduction.

It was reported that the pastor of Malay descent, who was also a former Muslim, went missing on November 30, 2016.

Amri Che Mat, a social activist who was part of the 1997 Mount Everest Malaysian expedition team, went missing on the night of November 24, 2016, after he reportedly told his eldest daughter that he was going out. – May 8, 2017.