Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) M Kulasegaran has urged the police to probe claims that M Indira Gandhi’s ex-husband is living freely in Malaysia despite an arrest warrant issued over a decade ago.

In response to a query from Malaysiakini, Kulasegaran, who was the lead counsel for Indira when her case first cropped up in 2009, said recent revelations on Riduan Abdullah supposedly enjoying government aid “must be immediately investigated” by the police...