ASP Supari Muhammad had earlier said that the MBPJ cameras linked to the police headquarters had no record or playback function, and that footage could only be viewed in real time.
He added that there was always someone in the IPD control room monitoring the live feed.
Supari said this in the morning of day nine of the public inquiry by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) into Pastor Raymond Koh’s disappearance.
He had been answering questions from Koh’s family lawyers regarding the shared CCTV footage and whether the police could record it.
The second witness of the day, Selangor Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief SAC Fadzil Ahmat, was asked a similar question but said the footage obtained could be recorded.
Fadzil, who had headed the task force set up to look for Koh, said he was not sure which MBPJ camera links were actually working, but that those which were could be recorded.
“The image through the link can be seen at the control centre of the IPD. That is there, but whether the cameras are working, I do not know.
“When there is the link and the camera is at the place of incident, surely (it can record). But I do not know if they have the footage or not, because I don’t know the status of the CCTV control room.”
Lawyer Jerald Gomez then repeated the question: “If the cameras are working, then you can record it and send it to forensics?”
To this, Fadzil replied, “If there is, yes.”
He said he had personally instructed the task force to search for all footage relevant to the case.
“My priority was to obtain footage that could help with the investigation, and I told the task force that footage of the route must be obtained.”
The public inquiry into Koh’s abduction is chaired by Suhakam commissioner and former Court of Appeal judge Mah Weng Kwai and includes Suhakam commissioners Prof Dr Aishah Bidin and Dr Nik Salida Suhaila Nik Salleh.
The inquiry will consider, among other things, whether the cases of Koh, activist Amri Che Mat, and Pastor Joshua Hilmy and wife Ruth, were cases of enforced or involuntary disappearance, as defined under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
Koh, 63, was abducted from his car by a group of more than 10 men in a convoy of vehicles on Feb 13.
CCTV footage showed at least three black SUVs were involved in the abduction. Many speculated that his abduction might have been connected to his alleged attempts to spread Christianity, although his family has dismissed such claims.
Amri, 44, who co-founded charity organisation Perlis Hope, has been missing since Nov 24 last year.
His wife, Norhayati Ariffin, said witnesses saw five vehicles blocking the path of Amri’s car before he was whisked away, just 550 metres from their home in Bukit Chabang, Perlis.
Joshua and his wife, Ruth, meanwhile, were last seen on Nov 30 last year. A police report was lodged in Klang but the case was referred to the Petaling Jaya police as the complainant said the missing persons lived in Kampung Tunku.