Gerakan is steaming over the latest response from the top police chief and the Attorney-General's Chambers over the interfaith custody cases.

Since Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar is no longer able to do his job as a law enforcer, he should be shown the "exit door", said Gerakan legal and human rights bureau chief Baljit Singh ( left ).

"Khalid should resign, since he is no longer able to do his job, let someone else do it," he said.

Baljit was referring to Khalid's denial that police will be arresting M Indira Gandhi's ex-husband for refusing a court order to return their child to her.

Khalid merely said that the Perak police were only searching for Riduan Abdullah @ S Pathmanathan to "monitor him and ensure the child is safe".

Baljit said that the IGP should be doing his work as a policeman diligently, by acting professionally, and leave decisions to the courts

"If he can't do his job, let someone else do it," he added.

He also said that if he cannot enforce the law then he knows where the exit door is, “please leave".

Baljit said each branch of the government has its own role.

Judges preside over cases and decide who is guilty, leave the administration of the courts to the chief justice, he added.

On the latest development where the AG is seeking to suspend the interfaith custody disputes and orders by the civil and syariah court, he questioned if Abdul Gani Patail has the locus standi to do so.

"Is he trying to rescue Khalid from facing contempt charges? Is this job?" Baljit asked.

"The AG's job is to ensure the police act against suspected criminals. Once the suspects are convicted by the courts, the police must enforce the court order," he added.

 Both the AG and IGP must act professionally in the face of racial or religious chaos instead of getting confused about the situation, he said.

They must act neutrally and do their job to ensure the country follows the rule of law instead of making the situation "more murky" than it already is, Baljit said.

"If the two important branches of the law - AG and police force - are reluctant to obey court orders, I am sorry to say the country has descended into lawlessness.

"We seem to have gone back to the dark ages when there were no courts, no judges, AG or police but only brute force and law of the jungle," he quipped.

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