The family of Datin Seri Pamela Ling Yueh is questioning why she was treated as a suspect if the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) maintains she was only a witness in a case.
Their lawyer, Sangeet Kaur Deo, criticised the recent statement by MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, calling it inconsistent.
“The MACC did not just ‘call’ Pamela Ling, it hounded her,” Sangeet said in a statement on Friday (23 May). “She was in Malaysia on the orders of the MACC. So what exactly is Azam Baki talking about?”
She added that the Kuala Lumpur High Court had granted leave to challenge the arrest warrant issued for Pamela.
“If she were a witness and cooperating too, as stated by Azam, then the conduct of the MACC in arresting her, handcuffing her, keeping her in a lockup, releasing her on RM35,000 bail, imposing monthly reporting conditions and imposing a complete travel ban on her, was clear intimidation and harassment, and an outright abuse of process.
“Why is Azam misleading the public? He should come clean about who ordered Pamela’s arrest and inexcusable treatment, even though her role was merely that of a witness, instead of making shockingly untrue statements,” she said.
At a press conference on Thursday (22 May), Azam stated that Pamela was arrested not because of an ongoing investigation but due to her failure to appear when summoned by the MACC.
“To clear up issues, Pamela was arrested over failure to present herself to the MACC, not over the investigation of the case.
“Failure to present yourself is an offence. That is all, and it is separate from our investigation,” he said.
Earlier reports:
22 May 2025, Azam: Pamela Ling was never a suspect in money-laundering probe
21 May 2025, Lawyer: Why was Pamela’s MACC appointment brought forward?
14 May 2025, Pamela Ling’s husband under investigation in disappearance case
8 May 2025, Lawyer questions lack of arrest warrant after Pamela Ling missed MACC appointment
8 May 2025, Police not ruling out possibility Pamela Ling staged her own abduction
7 May 2025, Ex-MACC chief challenges investigation procedures in Pamela Ling case
7 May 2025, MACC pressured Pamela Ling before her abduction, claims lawyer
6 May 2025, Police investigating husband’s possible involvement in Pamela Ling’s abduction
5 May 2025, IGP: Police investigating if Pamela was taken by officers or impersonators