Malaysia (MNN) — You may name Pastor Raymond Koh the disappearing man. However there’s no magic trick behind his story — solely a seven-year thriller about the place his captors took him.
On February 13, 2017, Koh’s automotive was surrounded, stopped and brought captive by a bunch of presidency males. The incident was caught on a close-by safety digicam. That’s the final anybody has seen or heard of Pastor Koh, regardless of the tireless advocacy of his spouse, Susannah, and the worldwide consideration his story has acquired.
(Courtesy of VOM USA on Fb.)
Not too long ago, Susanna Koh sued the federal government of Malaysia for negligence in Koh’s case. In 2019 the human rights fee in Malaysia mentioned the particular department of the police had been those who kidnapped Koh. However no additional rationalization for his disappearance has been given. They’ve been in courtroom this week.
Todd Nettleton with Voice of the Martyrs USA says, “Susanna told me [that] when she went to a lawyer and said, ‘I want to sue the Malaysian government,’ the lawyer looked at her and was like, ‘Are you crazy? This is the government that made your husband disappear, and now you want to sue them? What do you think is going to happen to you?’ And her boldness and her fortitude to say, ‘No, I want answers. I understand that it’s risky.’”
Koh’s household has utilized to the courtroom to entry a particular process drive report about his abduction. The file is presently categorized. Please pray with the Kohs for reality to return out and for persistence within the grueling course of.
(Seize of Raymond Koh and his spouse, courtesy TheStar.com)
“I know from [Susannah] saying it, how important it has been for her to know that she’s not alone and to know that the body of Christ is connected to her and is participating with her in this time of trial,” Nettleton says.
“As the court hearings are happening literally this week, what what better time, what more strategic time is there to pray for justice and to pray that the truth will be revealed?”
In case you haven’t already, you possibly can be a part of tens of hundreds of people that have signed a petition to the Malaysian authorities for details about Pastor Koh. Be taught extra concerning the American Middle for Legislation and Justice’s petition right here, and about VOM’s petition at releaseraymond.com.
“The [petition] call is the same one that Susanna Koh is making in court this week in Malaysia: Open the records, tell the truth. Explain what happened to this pastor who disappeared seven years ago,” says Nettleton.
Header picture of the Koh household courtesy of Voice of the Martyrs USA.
“Well bless their hearts.”
