Loh’s children to remain as Hindus
“The Federal Court judgment in Indira Gandhi’s case is binding throughout the nation”
(The Star) – The Federal Court has denied leave for the Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIPs) and three others to appeal an appellate court’s decision to nullify the conversion of three children to Islam by their father without the mother’s consent.
A three-member panel of judges led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat dismissed the applications for leave to appeal by MAIPs, the Perlis State Registrar of Converts, Perlis Mufti Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin and the Perlis state government.
Following the dismissal of the leave applications by the top court, single mother Loh Siew Hong’s 16-year-old twin daughters and 13-year-old son remain Hindu.
In the decision, Justice Tengku Maimun, who sat with Justices Nallini Pathmanathan and Abu Bakar Jais, held that there was no reason to revisit the Federal Court’s decision in M. Indira Gandhi’s case.
Justice Tengku Maimun also said the court was unable to accept that the Federal Court’s decision in Indira Gandhi’s case was only confined to the Federal Territories.
“The Federal Court judgment in Indira Gandhi’s case is binding throughout the nation,” she added, Bernama reported.
