After more than two years and no sign of further development following her husband's disappearance in an alleged police-linked abduction near a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, a housewife who was forced to return to work as a nurse overseas is hoping for closure on the matter.

V Satiavani, 50, said she believes there is a cover-up in her businessman husband K Gobala Guru's disappearance as former senior police chiefs - like Kuala Lumpur CID chief Ku Chin Wah, former Bukit Aman CID director Hadi Ho Abdullah and the current police officers - remain mum on the progress of their investigations.

This follows the discovery that one of the four men who abducted and assaulted her husband is said to be a policeman who is still in service.

Gobala's case was first reported in Malaysiakini last month, when his younger brother K Dasnamurthy ( photo ) related the circumstances of his brother's disappearance and the tough challenges in getting information on the incident.

Gobala was picked up at a hotel near Jalan Maharajalela on Feb 2, 2013, and his missing car was found the next day, badly burned, in Ulu Yam.

This is reminiscent of the much more recent case involving the death of deputy public prosecutor Kevin Anthony Morais.

It was also reported that Dasnamurthy had pressed for a task force to be formed on his missing brother. However, nothing was done.

Satiavani, who works in Oman, was visibly upset and saddened throughout an interview last Friday and she said she could not understand why the police were unable to shed any light on her husband's disappearance.

“It is always my brother-in-law Dasnamurthy, or my brother who had to go all the way to find out information. They are the ones who are contacting the police to find out about developments, when it should be the other way round. I also do not know if Gobala had enemies or if there were business rivalries.

“To make matters worse, the banks from which my husband took loans for two houses do not want to furnish details about how much he owes and how much he had to pay every month. My brother-in law had to find out the details on this,” Satiavani said between sobs.

It is fortunate, she added, that she is now back to working and helping to pay off the loans taken by her husband.

However, she said, she needed to find closure to the whole matter, with time passing.

No courage to move on

“Not a day has gone where I did not shed tears for my husband Gobala and I am wondering whether he is still alive. My brother and my family advised me that life has to go on.

“After two years and seven months, I am still crying today and I do not have the courage to move on. My life stopped when my husband went missing. I just cannot move on,” she said.

Satiavani said it was only through her work as a nurse that she was able to move on and help support her mother.

However, she fears that as a foreigner working in Oman, her two-year contract, which ends at the end of this year, may not be renewed.

For Satiavani, being at work keeps her mind off the dark episode of Feb 2, 2013.

“Initially, I still believed in the system and hoped the police would find some kind of answers and do something about my husband's disappearance. Now, I have lost confidence in the police, for they always keep saying the case ‘is still under investigation’.

“But after two years, it's very hard for a wife to remain like this,” she added.

Today, Satiavani and her family members will be part of a group of families of missing persons who will protest over the disappearance of their loved ones at the Bukit Aman police headquarters.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Satiavani does not want her picture used in this article.