Sangeet also took issue with police suggestions that Ling might have staged her own abduction, calling these a “smokescreen” to deflect from early investigative lapses.

She said Ling was a mother of three, including a child with a serious medical condition requiring regular treatment, making her voluntary disappearance highly unlikely.

“Also, why not disappear earlier instead of duly attending not less than nine times for MACC questioning?” she said, referring to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.

“Why disappear two days after filing a judicial review application against MACC, wherein she had detailed her allegations of abuse of power?” she added in a statement.

Sangeet also raised concerns over a lack of follow-through on key leads, including reports that “cloned cars” were used in the abduction.

“Were CCTV recordings from her Cheras temporary residence checked to determine if she was being followed? Were toll records reviewed to identify the movement of those vehicles and trace the RFID or TNG cards used?” she asked.

She urged government ministers to break their silence on the case, warning that continued inaction would set a troubling precedent.

“How many more need to go missing in this country before serious action is taken?” she said.

Yesterday, Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Isa told reporters that they were looking into the possibility of “fake police” and a self-staged disappearance, when asked for updates on Ling’s case.

Ling went missing on April 9 while on her way to the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya to give a statement.

According to her brother, the e-hailing vehicle she was in was intercepted by several vehicles, one of which she was ordered to get into.

The e-hailing driver who took Ling to the MACC headquarters said on Tuesday that her abductors were wearing police outfits.