Court rules unilateral conversion null and void

PUTRAJAYA: The unilateral conversion of single mother Loh Siew Hong’s (pic) three children to Islam has been quashed by the Court of Appeal, which ruled that the conversion by her ex-husband was null and void.

In making the unanimous decision, a three-judge panel chaired by Justice Hadhariah Syed Ismail also ruled that the Perlis state law which states that a child can be unilaterally converted is unconstitutional.