A Malaysian high court has ruled the state responsible for the 2017 abduction of Pastor Raymond Koh, a landmark judgment for the country.
The court found the government and police liable for Koh’s “forcible disappearance” and ordered damages of at least 31 million ringgit (£5.7m; $7.4m), a record sum.
Koh was seized in broad daylight by masked men.
His wife, Susanna Liew, called the ruling a “vindication,” though her husband remains missing.
The judgment follows official investigations that concluded “rogue cops” from the police’s Special Branch likely abducted Koh and activist Amri Che Mat, viewing them as threats to mainstream Islam.
Reports add that Malaysia’s Attorney General has stated it will appeal the ruling.
BBC/Maxwell Oyekunle
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