PETALING JAYA, Feb 20 — The Christian Federation of Malaysia has urged authorities to locate pastor Raymond Koh and prosecute those responsible for his abduction.

"Members of the community pray the authorities would be able to locate Koh who has been missing for a week,” said federation chairman Rev Eu Hong Seng.

"We ask the authorities to conduct a quick and thorough investigation into this incident and bring to justice its perpetrators.

"We pray for the success of law enforcement and investigating officers to locate the missing pastor and bring him to safety.”

Koh was said to have been abducted by five masked men in three SUVs.

The federation represents the Catholic Bishops Conference, the Council of Churches Malaysia and the National Evangelical Christian Fellowship which together represent 2.62 million Christians.

Condemning the abduction of Koh, Eu said religious leaders should not be made the target of attacks or intimidation.

"The work of people of faith in such communities must be free from threats of violence and intimidation,” he added in a statement.

Koh was abducted on the morning of Feb 13 while driving alone in Kelana Jaya. Five masked men in at least three Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) were reported to have forced his car off the road.

Both the pastor and the car — a silver Honda Accord with registration number ST 5515 D — have not been seen since.

Earlier, Koh’s wife, Susanna Liew Sow Yoke, issued a statement describing the abduction as "professionally and deftly executed”.

"The abductors had money, or were backed by money, or by an organisation with money as the cars they used were expensive SUVs, at least one of which was a black Toyota Alphard,” she said.

"The abduction was planned, timed and executed at an opportune moment, which suggests that they were waiting for my husband.”

Liew expressed fear the abductors had a more sinister motive than mere financial gain as they had not tried to make contact with her with ransom demands.

"The fact that after almost a week there is only silence suggests the abductors’ motive is not monetary. I would like to appeal to those who have taken my husband to return him safe and unharmed to me and my children,” she said.

A RM10,000 reward is offered for information leading to his whereabouts.

Koh, who is well known in the community for charitable work, had been running Haparan Komuniti, a community-based project which he set up more than 10 years ago. It involves giving free tuition classes to children and English lessons to adults.

Koh had faced allegation in the past for attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity. In 2011, an event hosted by him was raided by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department.

All charges were dropped following lack of evidence.