Family outraged, disappointed as Pamela Ling still missing after 50 days
KUALA LUMPUR: The family of Pamela Ling, the "Datin Seri" who went missing while on her way to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters 50 days ago, have expressed their unhappiness that she has yet to be found.
"Fifty days and 47 witnesses later, they (police) have no leads, no suspects, and no answers," said Sangeet Kaur Deo, the lawyer representing Ling's family.
She described it as a "national disgrace" that a person could disappear under the watch of law enforcement.
"Is this the standard of safety and justice Malaysians are expected to accept?" she said in a statement.
Sangeet added that Ling's family were disappointed and outraged over the "blatant failure" and "silence from those in power" regarding the 42-year-old's disappearance.
"Could a life now be lost because public institutions failed to act when it mattered most?"
Ling was reported missing on April 9, and police are investigating the case as a kidnapping.
Previously, Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said he was confident that Ling was still alive and in the country.
It was later reported that police were also probing the possibility that she had fled abroad.
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