The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) subjected Datin Seri Pamela Ling Yueh to pressure prior to her disappearance, according to her family’s lawyer.
Sangeet Kaur Deo alleged that Pamela was targeted by a “sustained and systematic campaign of pressure” by the MACC throughout its investigations. “She had appeared at the MACC on no fewer than nine occasions, cooperated fully, and was never charged with any offence. Despite this, she remained under an unexplained travel ban from at least October 2024, with an order to report to the MACC monthly,” Sangeet said in a statement on Wednesday (7 May).
Pamela had filed a judicial review application in the High Court just two days before her disappearance, challenging the MACC’s actions. The application claimed the Commission misused its powers under the MACC Act and Anti-Money Laundering Act to pressure her into settling private disputes with her estranged husband, rather than for legitimate investigations.
It also alleged she had been arrested and remanded without legal basis, and placed under a travel ban without justification despite full compliance with MACC requirements.
“How is it that an agency so invested in her whereabouts has now chosen to say nothing about her disappearance? No public statement has been issued on the circumstances of her last scheduled attendance,” said Sangeet. “No clarification has been offered as to whether MACC flagged any risk to her safety despite knowing that she was involved in sensitive financial and matrimonial disputes locally and in Singapore, including alleged fraudulent transfers of company shares and a suit for the division of a substantial pool of matrimonial assets.”
She also raised concerns about enforcement integrity, noting that suspects believed to have impersonated police officers during Pamela’s abduction have yet to be addressed clearly. “How such an incident could occur, let alone in proximity to a high-security government premises without detection, is shocking. Even more troubling is the inability or refusal of the PDRM to clearly state whether any of its officers were officially instructed to arrest or detain Pamela on the day she disappeared,” she said.
MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki previously told a news outlet that blaming the agency for Pamela’s disappearance was unfair. He stated that there had been no indication of threats against her, and that she had visited MACC headquarters multiple times in relation to a money laundering investigation without incident.
Earlier reports:
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