SUHAKAM INQUIRY | A witness at the ongoing Suhakam inquiry into missing activist Amri Che Mat testified today that he was informed that a man named "Rozain", from Perlis, had admitted to committing the alleged abduction on the night of Nov 24, 2016.

However, inquiry chairperson Mah Weng Kwai noted that Perlis Hope activist Faisol Abdul Rahman's testimony was based on "multiple hearsays" from three other individuals.

"It is hearsay upon hearsay upon hearsay... this is very dangerous.

"But if proven true, this is very important information," said Mah (photo), who noted that there were many aspects of the testimony that had to be verified.

Faisol earlier said he had, a few days after the alleged abduction, informed one Inspector Khor - identified as an officer from IPD Padang Besar in charge of investigating Amri's disappearance - that he received information concerning Rozain's purported admission.

When queried by Mah as to the chain of hearsays, Faisol said he directly received the information from a friend named Hafiz.

"The information is that someone had admitted to being involved in the abduction.

"I received this information from a friend named Hafiz, who said he was informed by Hisham, who was informed by Azri," he said.

Faisol said he did not know Rozain but was informed that the man was a local from Perlis.

He also said he had met with Azri to ask about Rozain, but the Azri appeared to be "panicky and evasive".

"After that, I also met with my friend Mukhriz, who was closer to Azri, so he could 'cross check' about Rozain.

"He (Mukhriz) told me, Rozain is Azri's cousin," Faisol said.

'Runaround by police'

In the last one year since Amri's disappearance, Faisol also told the inquiry, he had contacted the police about 10 times to ask for updates on their investigations, but was given the runaround.

"After the incident, we contacted Inspector Khor, who was in charge of the case.

"I called and (we) met at the station and (I) had coffee with them. But, they still did not have much information.

Faisol said this when asked by the lawyers for Amri's family on incidents that had transpired before he went to Bukit Aman, sometime in March last year.

Earlier, Faisol revealed he had received a WhatsApp message from his friend, Anwar Ismail, that Amri's case had been transferred from Perlis to Bukit Aman.

"Anwar took a screenshot of the conversation between him and Inspector Khor.

"Anwar had asked about Amri's status, and Khor replied that he was asked to stop the investigation and hand it over to Bukit Aman.”

Faisol told the inquiry that he and Amri's wife, Norhayati Ariffin, then went to Bukit Aman to check on the status of the case.

"We were told that they did not receive any file on Amri’s disappearance," he said, adding that he eventually gave Khor's number to a police officer named "Pedro".

"The officer then went away and started talking. We couldn’t hear the conversation.

"Until today, there has been no response from Bukit Aman," Faisol said.

Suhakam is currently investigating whether the disappearances of Amri and two others are “enforced or involuntary,” as defined by the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED).The two other disappearances being investigated are that of pastor Joshua Hilmy and his wife Ruth Sitepu.