We are trying to convince Indira Gandhi's ex-husband to return - IGP
M Indira Gandhi’s Muslim convert ex-husband, Muhammad Riduan Abdullah, is confirmed to be living abroad and the police are attempting to convince him to return to Malaysia with the help of several senior state politicians.
This is what Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador said today, adding that although they have not publicised their efforts as it is a complicated case, the police are still pursuing the case...
M Indira Gandhi’s Muslim convert ex-husband, Muhammad Riduan Abdullah, is confirmed to be living abroad and the police are attempting to convince him to return to Malaysia with the help of several senior state politicians.
This is what Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador said today, adding that although they have not publicised their efforts as it is a complicated case, the police are still pursuing the case.
“This case has never been off my radar. I know where he is. He is not in the country. I’m looking for an amicable solution where both (Indira and Riduan) will get the benefit of some form of joint custody.
“I know it’s going to be very messy, especially in divorce cases. I know that. That’s the reason I wouldn’t want to make regular statements on what we have been doing," the Malay Mail reported the IGP as saying.
“But quietly, I’ve been getting help from certain senior politicians from the various states to convince the ex-husband.
“So my officers are in communications, it is only a matter of time,” he said.
Hamid was attending the handover of duties for the appointment of Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department director Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani as the new acting deputy IGP.
He also said that both Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and his predecessor Dr Mahathir Mohamad are in the loop with regards to this case.
Hamid also said he is planning for a senior woman police officer to meet Indira to provide some assurance to her.
“Actually, I want to get a senior woman officer to meet Indira, not to console her but to assure her that I’m working very, very hard.
“Meanwhile, I will try to convince him (Riduan) that everything must be done in accordance with the court ruling, and he must not be selfish for the sake of the child’s future,” Hamid said.
“I did inform the former prime minister and also the current prime minister, who was the home minister then, how I planned to tackle this case because it has been politicised and I don’t want it to be that way.
“It makes it difficult for us to make progress with the case. My men have to move quietly and assure the ex-husband that it is for the benefit of the child, and he has to abide by court orders,” he said.
When asked by reporters, Hamid also said he would not mind meeting Indira personally but without a third party around as it is a private police case.
“I would open my door to this matter but only to her. I want to meet her alone. I wouldn’t want a third party to be around because this is a private police case, so let me talk to her and see her. I don’t want it to be politicised,” he said.
Riduan has the couple's youngest daughter Prasana Diksa, whom the Federal Court had ordered to be returned to the mother back in 2016.
Riduan, who was formerly known as K Pathmanathan, took Prasana away in 2009 when she was 11-months-old, shortly after he converted to Islam.
In January 2018, the Apex court also nullified the conversions of Prasana and her two elder siblings to Islam.
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