ULU BERNAM, Feb 5 — The police have advised the people against making any kind of speculation in the case of Muhammad Riduan Abdullah who has reportedly failed to hand over his youngest daughter to his former wife M. Indira Gandhi.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said today the police had deployed teams to trace Muhammad Riduan.
“This is a sensitive matter. Assumptions can jeopardise public order and national security,” he said at a press conference after launching the road-safety campaign ‘Op Selamat 12’ in conjunction with the Chinese New Year and the Central Zone Expressway Investigation Unit at the Ulu Bernam Rest Area here.
Mohamad Fuzi had said in a statement that efforts were ongoing to trace Muhammad Riduan, previously known as K. Pathmanathan, based on a warrant of committal issued by the Ipoh High Court on May 30, 2014.
The statement was issued following the remark by Indira Gandhi that the police had no excuse not to look for and arrest her former husband who she claimed had failed to hand over their daughter to her.
On January 29, the Federal Court ruled that both spouses, the one who embraced Islam and the non-converting partner, must give their consent for converting a minor child to Islam.
The couple’s three children, two daughters and a son, are 20, 19 and nine. Muhammad Riduan, 47, had changed the religion of their children to Islam in April 2009 without the agreement of Indira Gandhi after he himself had embraced Islam.
In 2016, the Federal Court ordered the Inspector-General of Police to arrest Muhammad Riduan for not having complied with a High Court order to hand over their youngest daughter Prasana Diksa to his former wife.
In 2010, the Ipoh High Court had given Indira Gandhi full custody of their three children and ordered Muhammad Riduan to hand over Prasana Diksa to the mother.
On another matter, Mohamad Fuzi said the police were working with all relevant agencies to curb the uploading and downloading of child pornographic pictures and visuals in the country. — Bernama
