PETALING JAYA: A child’s religion should remain status quo in any dispute until he or she reaches the legal age of 18, said MCA Political Education Bureau head Gan Ping Sieu.
“The unilateral conversion of the religion of a child is clearly not in the interest of the child and a mockery to any system of justice,” he said in a statement in connection with the Negri Sembilan Islamic Affairs Department’s decision to allow the conversion of 15-month-old Hoo Joey.
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