DAP MP for Ipoh Barat M Kulasegaran said his client may have to resort to the United Nations’ help to regain custody of her daughter who was converted to Islam without the mother’s consent.

Speaking at a ‘Solidarity with Indira Gandhi’ gathering in Seberang Prai last night, the lawyer for Indira in her six-year custody battle said Malaysia’s accession to the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw) provides access for his client’s recourse to international remedy.

“The appellate courts here have denied Indira a mother’s right to custody of her daughter which is covered by Cedaw,” said Kulasegaran, addressing a crowd of about 400 people who packed the Dewan Sree Mariamman.