The family of abducted pastor Raymond Koh are reassured that the case is a priority, following meetings with Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Joseph Kurup and the police.

Pastor Raymond Koh was abducted in Petaling Jaya on Feb 13.

“YB Tan Sri Joseph expressed his deep concern about my husband’s abduction… he asked us to have full confidence in the police and to cooperate with the police for the investigation,” said Koh's wife, Susanna Liew, in a statement.

Liew and her son, Jonathan, also met with assistant police commissioner Fadzil Ahmat as well as the police task force set up to investigate the abduction at the Petaling Jaya Police headquarters.

“I left this meeting feeling more reassured that the police are doing their best to find my husband, even if there are no significant leads yet,” Liew said.

She thanked the Malaysian public for their prayers and for holding candlelight vigils for her husband.

Hundreds attended the vigils held in Shah Alam, Malacca, Johor Baru and George Town on Sunday.

Appeal for information

Thomas Fann, organiser of the Johor vigil, appealed to the public to come forward with any information, including if they have recordings from dashboard cameras.

"(The kidnappers) do look very professional and well-funded, and it would be easy for us as citizens to start pointing fingers," he said.

"But unless we have concrete evidence that this was done by the state, I would not want to point fingers, because there are a lot of good police personnel who sincerely want to solve this crime."

He said there have been speculation that the abduction is politically or religiously motivated.

"To me, this is immaterial. No Malaysian's security should be compromised. When someone is taken this way, it is a crime. We have to work together with the police to solve this crime."

Fann also urged police to regularly update the family on progress in investigations.

He said it is "shameful" that the family had to lodge a second police report before inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar instructed Selangor police to regularly update the family.

"The police all have families. If one of their family members were kidnapped, they would be very anxious too. The police need to put themselves in the shoes of the family."

He said Koh has a reputation for assisting the marginalised and has kept a low profile after the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) raid on the Damansara United Methodist Church (DUMC) in 2011.

Koh was then accused of attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity, resulting in a raid on an event hosted by his organisation Komuniti Harapan at the church. Proselytising to Muslims is a crime in Malaysia.

This has raised speculation that the incident is linked to the abduction but Mohd Salleh Ahmad, who attended the Johor vigil, hopes the abduction will not be viewed as a religious or racial issue.

"This is a security issue," he said.

"If (Koh) has committed any offence, he should be charged, taken to court and given a chance to defend himself - if he is to be accused of anything."

He said most Malaysians had forgotten about the 2011 raid and making the link "is a ploy to provoke religious issues".