President Joko Widodo urged to ask Malaysia for help.
The Jakarta Post says Ruth Sitepu and her pastor husband may have been victims of a ‘forced disappearance’.
Family members have sent an open letter to President Joko Widodo calling on the government to ask Malaysia for assistance in finding Ruth, saying she had become “a victim of discriminatory actions” here. “A good friend of our sister contacted us in Sumatra and told us that our sister had been reported missing because of things related to religion,” he said in the letter.
The Post said Ruth had been a Christian since birth. The couple, considered good Samaritans in their community, “opened their house” to anyone in need, it quoted a family friend, Lay Hua, as saying.It said that in March 2006, at their traditional wedding in Langkat regency, North Sumatra, Joshua revealed to the family that he used to be a Muslim but had converted to Christianity – something which the paper said is punishable under Malaysian law.
According to The Post, the disappearance of Ruth and Joshua mirrors those of pastor Raymond Koh and activist Amri Che Mat.
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