PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)'s chronology of events before the disappearance of Datin Seri Pamela Ling Yueh left out several facts, says her family's lawyer.
"The MACC also failed to mention how its officers served notices improperly through her father," Sangeet Kaur Deo said in a statement on Tuesday (May 13).
"(It also) used an arrest warrant related to a case which had already been settled months before to lure her from Singapore to KL.
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"It is publicly known that Pamela initiated matrimonial proceedings in Singapore, involving assets exceeding millions across multiple jurisdictions,” she said.
Sangeet said her husband then countered in Malaysia, which led to Pamela filing a suit in the Singapore High Court, alleging fraud and forgery.
"That these private disputes became the subject of aggressive MACC interference raises serious questions of propriety and misuse of public power," she said.
She added that the travel ban imposed on Pamela was "without explanation" and that the MACC was unclear if Pamela was assisting investigations or a suspect.
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"Even when her lawyers sought to lift the restriction, the MACC refused to respond. Just days later, she disappeared," Sangeet said.
She also said the MACC must answer several questions, including who gave the order to pursue Pamela and why she was pressed on personal matters.
"An immediate, independent and transparent investigation into the MACC’s role is essential.
"The authorities must not assume that this will be just another national scandal quietly swept under the carpet," she said.
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Previously, the MACC said an investigation paper had been opened on May 28 last year and that an arrest warrant was issued in December after Pamela failed to cooperate.
"On Dec 2, an arrest warrant for Pamela Ling was obtained from a Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court for failing to comply with the order to attend an interview for the purpose of completing the investigation.
"Subsequently, on Jan 8, a joint operation with the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) of Singapore was launched, and Pamela Ling was lawfully apprehended and brought back to Malaysia," it said.
Following her arrest, she was then brought to the Putrajaya courts where she was remanded from Jan 9 to 11 before being granted bail.
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"On April 9, the MACC requested Pamela Ling to (be at its) headquarters to continue her statement recording following new information obtained by the MACC.
"Based on this information, the MACC also sought and obtained approval and an order from the deputy public prosecutor to retain Pamela's travel documents by serving her with a Notice of Surrender of Travel Documents under Section 44(1) of the MACC Act 2009.
"However, Pamela Ling failed to attend on that day, and her lawyer subsequently lodged a police report regarding her disappearance on the same day," it said.
