KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 6 -- Are activist Amri Che Mat and Pastor Raymond Koh still alive after their abductions nine and eight years ago?

Their wives said today they are still living with that uncertainty and are desperately waiting for answers from the Malaysian government.

Amri's wife Norhayati Mohd Ariffin, 52, recounted how her husband was abducted on November 24, 2016, learning the following day through a phone call that his car had been found but he was missing.

"Nine years have already passed, it is as if my children and I have just woken up," she said,referring to her four daughters, at a forum titled "Justice for the Disappeared" today.

Despite recognition of the enforced disappearances of the two men, Norhayati said the governme...