Former police chief Abdul Hamid Bador admitted the authorities took too long to arrest M Indira Gandhi’s ex-husband Muhammad Riduan Abdullah in the case of Indira’s kidnapped daughter.

Questioned by Indira’s lawyer, Hamid agreed the eight months between the Ipoh High Court’s mandamus order and the directive to all state police chiefs to arrest Riduan was “very late”.

“Based on your experience as a former IGP...