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M Indira Gandhi says Mohamad Fuzi Harun must act now, following the Federal Court decision to set aside the unilateral conversion of her three children to Islam.

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PUTRAJAYA:
An emotional M Indira Gandhi today urged the inspector-general of police to act on the court’s order to locate her ex-husband, following the Federal Court’s decision to set aside the unilateral conversion of her three children to Islam.

Speaking to reporters, she said Mohamad Fuzi Harun no longer had any excuse not to take action.

“He now has no more excuse that he can’t do anything. He has to start acting now,” she said.

The landmark ruling today put an end to the interfaith custody battle that followed after Indira’s ex-husband Muhammad Riduan Abdullah converted her three children without her knowledge in 2009.

The court also decreed that only the civil court would decide on such matters, and that the word “parent” in Article 12(4) of the Federal Constitution should be read as “parents”.

Indira thanked the judges and those who had supported her through her nine-year custody battle with her ex-husband, but said she was still unable to hold her youngest daughter, Prasana Diksa.

“The only sad part is, my daughter is still missing. I can’t see her.

“Please, if possible, I really need to hold her. It’s been nine years, I don’t know when she’s going to come back.”

Indira said even though they had won the case, her daughter was still not with her.

“That is the saddest part. As a mother, I still have a lot of things to share with her. Especially this moment, that we’ve been fighting for.

“It has all been because of my children,” she said.

Indira’s eldest daughter Tevi Darsiny is now 21 and her brother Karan Dinish will turn 20 this year.

However, Prasana, who turns 10 this year, remains missing after she was snatched by Riduan in 2009.

Lawyer M Kulasegaran said the court’s decision meant that people whose conversions had taken place wrongly could come to the civil court to address the matter.

“We have to march on,” he said, adding that Fuzi must act to locate Riduan and the child.

“This is the order of the High Court and the court here,” he said, referring to the Federal Court.

“Any delay is unacceptable.”

In November last year, former inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar claimed there were contradicting orders from the Shariah Court and civil courts on the matter.

He said this was why he had refused to carry out the High Court’s order to arrest Riduan, which was also upheld by the Federal Court last year.

Court rules in Indira’s favour, sets aside conversion of children

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