Zahid dodges bullet, passes buck to IGP
A resolution to the protracted stalemate over interfaith custody disputes continues to remain elusive.
A resolution to the protracted stalemate over interfaith custody disputes continues to remain elusive.
Offering little input on how to untangle the legal web, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi chose to pass the buck back to the police.
Asked today on what is the next step, he replied: "I leave it to the police."
Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar, who was present at the same press conference, remained silent throughout the function.
Yesterday, Khalid said a Muslim convert father would not be arrested despite a court order issued for the arrest.
This prompted lawyer M Kulasegaran to ask if the police chief is above the law, and questioned why Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and the home minister were afraid of the IGP.
Kulasegaran is representing M Indira Gandhi in her child custody tussle with her former husband, Muslim convert S Pathmanathan, who is also known as Riduan Abdullah.
On May 30 2014, the Ipoh High Court ordered the arrest of Patmanathan for the seizure of a daughter he had with his former wife, Indira.
The order to arrest, to be carried out by June 30, was then stayed for a week.
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