World Council of Churches appeals for intensified investigations over pastor's abduction


Raymond Koh.

PETALING JAYA: The World Council of Churches (WCC) is appealing to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to intensify investigations into the abduction of Pastor Raymond Koh (pic) 

"I therefore respectfully ask you to order an intensification of the investigation into the abduction of Pastor Koh to ascertain his whereabouts, and ensure his immediate release and return to his family," WCC general-secretary Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said in a statement on Thursday. 

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