Amri Che Mat is a Malaysian

social activist Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make Social change, changes in society toward a perceived common good. Forms of activism range from ...

from

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state (Perlis Hope),

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, who was abducted on 24 November 2016. He was one of a number of social activists who have gone missing during the same time period, including pastors Raymond Koh and Joshua Hilmy, the latter of whom disappeared along with his wife, Ruth.

Background

The then Former Leader of the Opposition and Former

Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia The deputy prime minister of Malaysia (; ) is the second-highest political office in Malaysia. There have been 15 officeholders since the office was created in 1957. The first prime minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, started the convent ...

Wan Azizah Wan Ismail Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail ( Jawi: وان عزيزة بنت وان إسماعيل; born 3 December 1952) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia as the wife of Anwar Ibrahim, Member of Parliamen ...

, compared Amri's abduction to that of Raymond. Wan Azizah has asked police to explain why Amri's wife and children have been kept in the dark about his disappearance. Following the

Human Rights Commission of Malaysia The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (; Jawi: ) better known by its acronym SUHAKAM is the national human rights institution (NHRI) of Malaysia. It was established by the Malaysian Parliament under the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia Act ...

's (SUHAKAM) announcement that its findings concluded that the Malaysian Special Branch (SB) was responsible for the disappearances of Amri and Raymond, and still missing ,

Inspector-General of Police An inspector-general of police is a senior police officer in the police force or police service of several nations. The rank usually refers to the head of a large regional command within a police service, and in many countries refers to the most ...

(IGP) Abdul Hamid Bador rapped SUHAKAM for causing negative impact towards the

Royal Malaysian Police The Royal Malaysia Police (often abbreviated RMP) (; Jawi: ), is a (primarily) uniformed national and federal police force in Malaysia. The force is a centralised organisation, and its headquarters are located at Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur. The ...

(PDRM). Abdul Hamid added that he was confident that

(IGP) Mohamad Fuzi Harun, then SB Director, would provide an answer to the allegations. Former

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Mahathir Mohamad Mahathir bin Mohamad (; ; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author and doctor who was respectively the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia, prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and from 2018 to 2020. He was the ...

announced on the same day that fresh investigations will be conducted once Mohamad Fuzi retires in May 2019. In 2020, it was said that his disappearance as well as that of Susanna Lieu's husband's disappearance were the subject of an enquiry by SUHAKAM. Lieu is suing senior members of the Malaysian police and her stand has been recognized by the US Secretary of State.

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{{Reflist 2010s missing person cases Enforced disappearances in Malaysia Kidnapped people Malaysian activists Missing Malaysian people Missing person cases in Malaysia

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