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Police probe if Pamela Ling fled the country, lawyer demands answers

Pamela's lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo has called for an immediate investigation into any role MACC might have in her disappearance.

Updated 1 year ago · Published on 13 May 2025 11:52AM

Police probe if Pamela Ling fled the country, lawyer demands answers
It has been 33 days since Pamela went missing, - May 13, 2025

POLICE are conducting a detailed investigation into the case of Datin Seri Pamela Ling Yueh, who was reported missing on April 9, including the possibility that the individual may have fled abroad.

Putrajaya District Police Chief Aidi Sham Mohamed said that so far, the individual's movement out of the country has been blocked by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) while the team is conducting the investigation.

"The police will also record statements of the individual's children and witnesses will be taken in the near future and are being arranged by the International Police (Intepol).

"So far, a total of 27 witnesses have also had their statements recorded," he said in a statement today.

He said police also ruled out the possibility of other suspects being involved in the case.

Yesterday, the media reported that Interpol was arranging to record statements from Pamela’s son.

Pamela, the wife of a businessman from Sarawak, was reported missing after taking an e-hailing service from Cheras to the MACC office.

Witnesses claimed that the vehicle she was travelling in was blocked by three cars and she was then taken away by individuals wearing police uniforms.

Lawyer calls for detailed probe

Meanwhile, Pamela's lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo has called for an immediate investigation into any role MACC might have in her disappearance.

She said it has been 33 days since Pamela went missing, and the MACC has yet to explain its actions leading up to her disappearance.

“An immediate, independent, and transparent investigation into MACC’s role is essential.

“MACC said Pamela was only assisting in investigations, then claimed she was a ‘suspect’. Which was it? If she was a suspect all along, why was this not made clear? If she wasn’t, why was she hunted so aggressively?” the lawyer said in a statement.

She added that the MACC released a timeline of events but left out key details such as Pamela being arrested, held in custody, questioned multiple times, and placed under a travel ban that separated her from her children.

Sangeet claimed that Pamela was forced to stay in Malaysia under MACC’s watch, and was separated from her three children in Singapore due to a travel ban that was imposed without any explanation.

“Even when her lawyers sought to lift the restriction, the MACC refused to respond. Just days later, she disappeared.

“The MACC’s integrity is being called into question. Yet, in the face of growing public concerns, the MACC has remained silent," she said.

She called on MACC to answer three matters - Who gave the order to go after Pamela?; Why was she repeatedly pressed over personal matters unrelated to MACC’s legal powers? and why has the MACC chief commissioner stayed silent?

She said Malaysians deserved a corruption-fighting institution that commands trust, not one that fuels mistrust by “retreating into silence when transparency is most needed”. – May 13, 2025

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