SUHAKAM HEARING | The pastor Raymond Koh had given specific instructions to volunteers at his charity Harapan Komuniti not to proselytise, according to his wife Susanna Liew.

She said Koh had largely left his pastoral work when he founded nonprofit Harapan Komuniti in 2004, although he was still referred to as a pastor and conducted sermons at various churches.

With regard to his charity work, however, Liew said: “Raymond specifically told volunteers not to preach during orientation and to never talk about religion.”

She said this when testifying as the second witness at the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) public hearing today on whether Koh and three other individuals were victims of enforced disappearance...