Minister, act on Deepa case rather than just talk
YOURSAY 'Why is Najib quiet on this or is the country on auto-drive mode?'
Minister: Cops should act in Deepa's case
Don't Just Talk: What is happening in Malaysia? The court rules that the civil court is superior to the syariah court and yet Inspector-General of police Khalid Abu Bakar fails to act on the Seremban High Court order to have the father return the son to his mother, S Deepa.
Why is PM Najib Razak quiet on this matter or is the country on auto-drive mode?
We have the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) gatecrashing a Hindu wedding and snatching away the Hindu bride on the grounds that she has a Muslim name.
Why is Jais so insensitive to the Hindu couple on such an auspicious day when they could have waited for the wedding to be over, then investigate the matter?
It is scary to think of what is becoming of Malaysia when once we had such a peaceful, loving and tolerant society.
Fair Play: Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri, I agree with Malaysiakini commentor 'Don't Just Talk'. So what are you going to do about the situation?
Tholu: Grow a spine, Nancy. As the de facto law minister, instruct the police and AG (attorney-general) in no equivocal terms to order Izwan Abdullah to return Deepa's son to her.
Don’t straddle between pretending to talk for Deepa (as well as the Seremban High Court) and, in the same breath, defend the ‘reasons’ for the unholy and ‘criminal’ inaction of the police .
If at all, there are good and valid reasons for the inaction of the police, we the public, demand the police intimate them when it involves us.
All we know for their inaction is the ludicrous and unacceptable excuse that there are two separate and conflicting decisions pertaining to the custody case between Deepa and her husband, i.e. the decisions of the Syariah Court and the secular High Court.
Since it is not in the realm of the police to enforce the judgments of the syariah courts (just as the police do not charge any accused in the said courts), they are without any doubt dictated by the Constitution to act only upon the judgments of the secular courts.
Aries46: The statement by Nancy that the police must act to return Deepa’s son is laudable but qualifying her directive with an ‘escape clause’ that “the police may have their own reasons for not doing so” tantamounts to acknowledging or tacitly approving the police inaction.
This weak and sterile statement by Nancy is of no help to the long-suffering mother, Deepa, a victim of a cruel system, deprived of her child though she had gained custody after a long struggle for justice.
It is rather astonishing that as law minister, Nancy comes across as powerless or lacking in courage and commitment to enforce the ruling of the civil court that rightly comes under her purview.
Her statement on this grave issue is in fact futile unless she is willing to exercise her powers of enforcement.
RR: Why must the court, the law minister, the aggrieved parties beg the IGP and the police to take action to retrieve children converted to Islam by the unilateral action of the converted father?
Are the police an arm of Jais? Can't the PM and the cabinet give instructions to the IGP?
Multi Racial: Indeed, the police must enforce the decision made by the court. They cannot and should not defy a court order.
Baiyuensheng: I think the police have to get permission first from Perkasa/Isma. I also think that the courts have no jurisdiction over these groups.
They are in fact running the country. Even the PM is probably waiting for instructions from them before he acts.
HatiPakatan: Nancy, you’re the de facto law minister, is that all you can say? Did you bring this matter up at the cabinet meeting and question Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi about it? Or is this a nice-to-say statement to please Umno?
Ratbatblue: Nancy, judging from your statements, one can come to several conclusions:
1) You, even though a full minister in the cabinet, are afraid to question your colleague, the home minister, as to why the police are not taking any action in this case.
2) Affairs pertaining to the courts come under your ministry (you being the de facto law minister), so why are you afraid to at least request your cabinet colleague to take action.
3) The PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) has only a few masters from whom it will take orders, and the Federal Court is not one of them.
4) It is becoming more and more evident that the PDRM is washing its hands off cases involving the syariah courts.
When the supreme court of law in the land has already given its verdict/orders, under what/whose authority does the PDRM desist from taking action?
And we are not talking of their immediate boss (IGP) here. Perhaps as mentioned, they are looking to Perkasa/Isma, etc, for instructions on how to proceed in these type of cases?
Drngsc: The whole country knows the cops should act on the Deepa case, except the IGP and the Umno boss behind the IGP.
Nancy, we are also very interested in what you, as a minister in the government, are going to do, if the IGP refuses to enforce the law. Again, what will you do, Nancy?
Turvy : “From my reading, the boy was taken with no legal consent from the mother who has custody of the child, therefore the police should act,” said Nancy.
“But perhaps - I don’t know - the police may not have much info on it. That’s why I also need to be fair to the police.”
What more information must the police have? If that information is with you, why not give it to the police. You don’t have to be fair to them, just put them right. Fill the gaps in their knowledge.
Hopeful123: Nancy, what "more info" are the police holding back that prevents you from commenting further?
A court order is a court order and the police are not above the court, or are they? And you are the de facto law minister. How much law do you know, by the way?
Peacemaker: Who cares what the minister reads or understands? We citizens want the court orders to be obeyed by all, including the police. If not, court's orders amount to nothing and the court will become powerless and a laughing stock for the citizens.
Kamaapo: Nancy, you are not so sure about the law and yet you want to remain de facto law minister? If you are not sure, ask the AG.
Just be honest; admit that you don't have the guts to summon the AG to your office even when you’re the de facto law minister. This is usually the problem with non-Umno ministers.
Starwars: Why is it that when Jais carries out a raid to detain a Hindu who is allegedly converted to Muslim, the police are always there to assist?
The police have shown itself as the enforcer of Islamic law and not civil or criminal law, and the BN government is not doing anything about it.
EvenSteven: Madam de facto law minister, do you not know Islam overrides everything in this beautiful country of ours? Deepa may be considered lucky that her daughter was not abducted as well.
The PDRM doesn't give a crap about the court order or what you have to say on this issue. After all, you are only riding shotgun to the powerful home minister.
See, even the PM has no comments on the matter.
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