Wanita MIC: Consolidate to seek justice for Indira

Indira seen outside the courthouse after hearing the Court of Appeal decision.

PETALING JAYA: Wanita MIC is ready to work with any like-minded groups, even opposition parties, in seeking justice for M. Indira Gandhi (pic), whose children had been converted to Islam without her consent.

“As far as we are concerned, a woman and her family are affected.

“We don’t want any woman in Malaysia to face this situation. This is above and beyond political divides,” said Wanita MIC chief Mohana Muniandy.

The Court of Appeal ruled last Wednesday that Muslim conversion issues were exclusively within the Syariah Court’s jurisdiction.

But one of the three judges in the panel said he believed the conversion could be questioned in the civil courts.

The Court of Appeal ruled in an appeal by the Government against an earlier decision by the Ipoh High Court to quash the conversion certificates of Indira’s three children by her ex-husband, Muhammad Riduan Abdullah.

Indira’s youngest daughter Prasana Diksa is still under the custody of her father.

Mohana said Wanita MIC would have no problems working with any political parties that are seeking legislative reforms for such conversion cases.

She said she had initiated cooperation with various NGOs and Barisan National component parties and was willing to urge groups in the opposition side to join in the efforts.

“We want this to be a landmark case.

“Someone is suffering all because of a legal loophole,” said Mohana.