Federal Court grants custody of boy to Izwan while Deepa is given the daughter


PUTRAJAYA: The custody battle between Muslim convert Izwan Abdullah and his Hindu ex-wife S. Deepa ended with each getting one child. The Federal Court here granted custody of their eight-year-old son to Izwan and the 11-year-old daughter to Deepa.

Court of Appeal president Justice Md Raus Sharif, who chaired the five-man panel, made this order after interviewing the girl Nurul Nabila and her brother Nabil for 40 minutes in chambers yesterday.

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