A special task force found that the police were “negligent” by initially classifying enforced disappearance victim Amri Che Mat as a mere missing person case rather than an abduction, the Kuala Lumpur High Court heard.

This was revealed in a testimony by the missing activist’s wife Norhayati Mohd Ariffin, who read out excerpts of a report by the task force today.

Previously, the High Court...