COMMENT | It will soon be a year since Pamela Ling disappeared, and the authorities have failed to uncover even a fragment of information relating to her disappearance.

After months of silence from the police, the family was recently met with a sudden request for basic information, including what steps were taken upon the discovery of Ling’s disappearance.

These are questions that had already been posed at the earliest stages. These meaningless questions now emerging without explanation or purpose confirm that this investigation indeed lacked direction and seriousness from the outset.

Not to mention unnecessarily reopening wounds for a family forced to endure the disappearance of a daughter, sister, and mother.

Almost one year on, it is necessary that...