KUALA LUMPUR: The family of Datin Seri Pamela Ling Yue has questioned the police's theory that she could have staged her own disappearance.
Lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo, who represents her family, said the suggestion risks being nothing more than a distraction.
"Is this drawn from the claim that she 'entered the vehicle without struggle'?
"If this is the theory being pursued, it is hoped that there are compelling reasons for advancing it. Otherwise, it risks being nothing more than a distraction.
"If she was approached by individuals she believed to be police officers, her compliance is not only understandable, it is entirely expected," she said in a statement on Thursday (May 8).
Sangeet cautioned that the police should not distort her compliance as complicity.
"We support the need for a thorough investigation. But what the public is seeing now increasingly resembles deflection rather than direction.
"A full month has passed with no real answers and no sense of urgency. The family, who continue to receive no official updates beyond what is reported in the media, have every reason to question the seriousness of this investigation," she said.
On Thursday, Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said the police were not ruling out the possibility that Ling might have staged her own abduction.
On April 9, Ling was summoned to the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya to assist with an investigation under the MACC Act 2009 and the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act.
However, she went missing while on her way to the appointment. Her lawyer filed a police report regarding her disappearance on the same day.
As of May 4, no ransom demand had been made.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain previously said Ling's husband was among those who could be a suspect in her disappearance.
