PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today wanted to review the classified report by the special task force on the disappearance of activist Amri Che Mat.
A three-member bench led by Datuk Seri Kamaludin Md Said said they need to review the report before deciding whether it contains any sensitive information regarding national security.
The two other judges on the panel were Datuk Azizul Azmi Adnan and Datuk Hashim Hamzah.
Senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly confirmed this when contacted.
On May 9, High Court judge Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh ordered the government to release its classified report on the probe involving the disappearance of Amri to his wife Norhayati Ariffin and her lawyer.
Ahmad Farid in his judgment said a general assertion that the report, if disclosed, would allow the criminals and enemies of the state to take advantage of the police operation was insufficient.
However, the court said it was equally aware that the report was only relevant to the applicant in her pursuit to establish her lawsuit against the government for failing to effectively investigate the alleged abduction of Amri.
He said the applicant was prohibited from disclosing the report to any member of the public except for her solicitors.
It was reported that the government had set up a special task force to investigate the Human Rights Commission's (Suhakam) claim of police involvement in the disappearance of Amri and another individual Pastor Raymond Koh.
Amri, who was the founder of a Perlis non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope reportedly went missing after he had left his home in Kangar at about 11.30pm on Nov 24, 2016.
Amri was driving a Toyota Fortuner when it was "boxed in" at the material time and about an hour later, Amri's vehicle was found abandoned at a construction site at Bukit Chabang in Kangar