Police to act against Muslim convert for flouting civil court order
(The Malaysian Insider) – Backing down from his earlier stand, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has directed the Perak police to arrest Muslim convert Muhammad Ridzuan Abdullah for forcefully taking away his six-year-old child from his former wife despite the Ipoh High Court granting her custody rights.
The Inspector General of Police, who had earlier said police would not interfere as two court orders were in force in the interfaith custody battle, has instructed Perak police chief Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani to immediately return his daughter, Prasana Diksa, to kindergarten teacher M. Indira Gandhi.
News portal Malaysiakini quoted Khalid (pic) as saying that police were trying to find the husband and the child.
Ipoh High Court Justice Lee Swee Seng had on June 11 ordered the police to arrest Ridzuan and return Prasana to Indira.
Yesterday, Khalid repeated his stand not to comply with the High Court order, saying there was a conflicting ruling by the Shariah court on the matter.
“The fact remains that there are two conflicting verdicts. The matter is being looked into at the moment. I am not saying that police will not take action. I just wish not to comment on it at the moment,” he had said.
Two weeks ago, Indira obtained an order from the High Court compelling Khalid to instruct his men to locate Ridzuan and hand over the child to the mother.
“This order speaks for itself and we hope the police will give effect to the court order immediately,” Indira’s lawyer M. Kulasegaran told The Malaysian Insider last week.
