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No govt records on Indira’s ‘missing’ daughter, says group threatening to sue IGP
Minderjeet Kaur and Ainaa Aiman -January 28, 2020 1:18 PM
KUALA LUMPUR: A support group for Indira Gandhi, the Hindu woman awarded custody of her daughter who was taken away by her ex-husband, has threatened a RM100 million suit against the inspector-general of police if cops fail to explain why Prasana Diksa could not be located and reunited with her mother.
The Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat) also said there are now fears over Prasana’s safety in the absence of government records about her.
“What has happened to her? We hope she is still alive. It is only fair to reclassify the case as a missing child,” said Ingat spokesman Arun Dorasamy, adding that there is no record of the girl being enrolled in any school.
“There is also no immunisation record of her and yet there is no record of the father leaving the country. Where is she?” he asked.
Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador, when asked for a reaction during a press conference today, said police were working for a “win-win solution” so as to protect the child’s welfare.
“While being in separation, both parties have been affected negatively,” he said.
“It’s not that we want to reconcile (them), but we need to think about the welfare of the child, and then we need to attempt to sooth the mother who is longing for her child.”
Hamid however did not say if Prasana has been found.
“The police have been working, but we don’t broadcast to the media because the issue is sensitive. The public might feel anxious.
“But I will work towards solving the case, towards a happy ending. That is my guarantee, I will not allow this case to go unsolved,” he told reporters at the Royal Malaysia Police College in Cheras.
Arun, who met officers at Bukit Aman’s Corporate Communications department today, said his group was left with no choice but to initiate legal action.
“There is a mother waiting for 11 years. How long more she should she wait?” he told reporters outside the Bukit Aman police headquarters.
“Our humble request is (for the IGP) to meet us as soon as possible.”
He said his group would file two legal suits next month seeking RM100 million for emotional distress and other damages caused by police inaction to locate Prasana.
Last year, the Federal Court ordered the police to track down Indira’s former husband, Muhammad Ridhuan Abdullah. Following this, a special task force was set up by police.
Prasana was 11 months old when Ridhuan took her away from Indira in 2009, shortly after he converted to Islam.
Ridhuan’s move to change the religion of their three children sparked a debate on unilateral conversion of minors, before the Federal Court ruled in early 2018 that Ridhuan’s action was unlawful.
Arun today questioned Hamid’s commitment to bring back Prasana.
“We had also hoped that the IGP will meet Indira and the police to update her on the action taken by the special task force,” he said, adding that Indira was “very determined to get her child back”.
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Indira Gandhi wants to meet IGP over missing daughter
Faisal AsyrafPublished: 1:08 pm | Modified: 2:18 pmA+A–
Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat) has sought a meeting with the Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador to get updates on the efforts of the police in finding Indira’s missing daughter Prasana Diksa.
“He (Abdul Hamid) had promised to double up the efforts to track down Prasana.
“But we don’t know what’s the update or if he’s just giving lip service.
“He said he would like to bring everything in his power to end this saga, to repatriate Prasana to Indira by the end of the year (2019). That didn’t happen,” Ingat chairperson Arun Dorasamy told the media at Bukit Aman today.
Earlier, Arun, accompanied by Indira’s lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan, handed two letters addressed to the IGP, which were received by the federal police headquarters’ corporate communications officer Deputy Superintendent Faizall Samsuddin.
Arun said the first letter is a court’s mandamus order reminding the IGP to enforce the arrest against Indira’s former husband Muhammad Riduan Abdullah and to retrieve Prasana.
The second letter is a request to meet Abdul Hamid to discuss on the missing girl.
“We want to meet the IGP and among others, to get the police to reclassify this case as a missing child.
“Until today, the disappearance of Prasana has no record anywhere in the system. Nobody has seen her alive and we only hope she is still alive.
“(Former IGP Mohamad) Fuzi (Harun) said ‘I believe she is still alive’. That answer is not good enough,” Arun said.
He added that numerous police reports have been filed in regard to Prasana.
While police had set up a special task force to find Prasana since April last year, Arun said there has been no update from the task force since then.
“Our humble request to IGP: do meet us as soon as possible. We need to know what’s happening. She (Indira) has waited for 11 years.
“Justice delayed is justice denied,” he said.
Meanwhile, Arun said Indira’s (above) legal team is planning to file a civil suit in mid-February against the IGP for contempt of court.
“We will file (the suit) in mid-February. We are delaying this because we want to work with the police and the IGP.
“Legal challenge is not our first choice as it takes time and resources,” Arun added.
Indira’s plight began when her former husband Riduan unilaterally converted all their three children to Islam in 2009.
A lengthy court battle ensued involving both the syariah and civil courts.
The Federal Court ultimately instructed then-IGP Khalid Abu Bakar in 2016 to arrest Riduan, and reinstated a mandamus order issued by the Ipoh High Court two years earlier for Prasana’s retrieval.
A mandamus order is a court order compelling a government official to properly fulfil official duties.
In January 2018, the apex court also nullified the conversion of Prasana and her two elder siblings to Islam by Riduan, who was known as K Pathmanathan prior to his conversion.
Indira’s two eldest children now live with her, while Riduan remains in hiding with Prasana.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/508658
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Indira Gandhi to sue IGP for RM100m over failure to find daughter kidnapped by convert father
Monday, 27 Jan 2020 05:27 PM MYT
BY DANIAL DZULKIFLY
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — M. Indira Gandhi is suing the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador for RM100 million after the latter still failed to locate and return her daughter who is kidnapped by her ex-husband, chairman of Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat), Arun Doraisamy has confirmed.
Arun said that the Hindu mother’s legal representative will be filing civil and committal suit proceedings against the IGP for ignoring the Ipoh High Court’s June 2014 and Federal Court’s January 2019, judgment where it compelled the police to recover Indira’s daughter, Prasana Diksa.
Arun also said they will file the civil suit, seeking RM100 million in damages for emotional distress caused by police inaction to locate her daughter, among other grievances, in early February. The committal suit would also be filed within the same month.
Indira’s legal representatives will also serve the IGP with the suit tomorrow at Bukit Aman at 10.30am, he said.
Arun explained that Indira is left with no other avenue but to sue the IGP, compelling him to respect the court orders as a means to resolve the matter.
‘’In this regard, we have no other avenue but to sue the IGP for contempt of court to compel him to take action and repatriate Madam Indira’s daughter, Prasana,’’ he said to Malay Mail when contacted.
Arun also said the police had not provided any updates on the investigations thus far despite the formation of the special task force dedicated to tracing Indira’s former husband and fugitive, Muslim convert Muhammad Ridhuan Abdullah and her daughter, Prasana.
The task force was formed under former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi in April 2019.
Since then, current IGP, Abdul Hamid had also promised to track down Muhammad Ridhuan and Prasana and expressed his commitment for a “happy ending” on the matter.
Muhammad Ridhuan had taken the couple’s daughter, Prasana, in 2009 when she was just 11 months old shortly after converting to Islam. He had also converted their three children to Islam without Indira’s knowledge.
After a protracted court battle, the Federal Court ruled in January 2018 that the unilateral conversions of Indira’s children were unlawful.
However, the police have yet to recover Prasana and return her to Indira despite the decision and a previous mandamus order she secured compelling the inspector-general of police to execute the recovery.
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Indira Gandhi to file RM100m suit against IGP over missing daughter
Published: 5:46 pm | Modified: 6:04 pmA+A–
M Indira Gandhi is suing Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador for RM100 million over the failure to track down her missing daughter Prasana Diksa.
Indira’s lawyers and Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat) are expected to file the suit next month, according to a report by The Malaysian Insight.
Ingat chairperson Arun Dorasamy said they are suing the IGP as he has failed to act on the 2014 Ipoh High Court’s mandamus order.
The order was for the IGP to enforce the arrest warrant against Indira’s former husband Muhammad Riduan Abdullah and the recovery order to retrieve Prasana.
“Basically, the police failed to follow the court order and they failed to act upon their responsibility to locate Prasana.
“He (Hamid) said Indira’s case is (a) top priority and he will return Prasana. We want the IGP to stop all this lip service,” Arun told the online media portal.
In July last year, Hamid said police have doubled their efforts to find Prasana who was taken away by Riduan when she was only 11 months old in 2009.
“I can assure Malaysians that I am taking a personal interest in this. I want a happy ending to this episode.
“It’s very sad and touches the hearts of Malaysians. We are talking about a mother (separated) from her daughter.
“I have asked my men to double their effort. The team is working on something, but I cannot reveal what,” Hamid had said.
Meanwhile, Indra’s lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan said the IGP purportedly didn’t perform his duties in finding Prasana.
“The IGP has failed, refused or neglected to return the child. Therefore, he has failed to give effect to the court order.
“Therefore, we are filing a suit against the IGP for damages based on the grounds that he didn’t perform his duties,” he told The Malaysian Insight.
Indira’s plight began when Riduan (above) unilaterally converted all their three children to Islam in 2009.
A lengthy court battle ensued involving both the syariah and civil courts.
The Federal Court ultimately instructed then-IGP Khalid Abu Bakar in 2016 to arrest Riduan, and reinstated a mandamus order issued by the Ipoh High Court two years earlier for Prasana’s retrieval.
A mandamus order is a court order compelling a government official to properly fulfil their official duties.
In January 2018, the apex court also nullified the conversion of Prasana and her two elder siblings to Islam by Riduan, who was known as K Pathmanathan prior to his conversion.
Indira’s two eldest children now live with her, while Riduan remains in hiding with Prasana.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/508594
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