Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar has
denied that police will arrest Indira Ghandi ex-husband for refusing a
court order to return their child to her.
Instead, he said, Perak police are only searching for Riduan Abdullah @ S Pathmanathan to "monitor" him and "ensure the child is safe".
The IGP said police are not budging from its position not to enforce either the civil or syariah court order, which sided with Indira's ex-husband Riduan Abdullah, Bernama reports.
This follow's Malaysiakini's report quoting Perak police chief Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani (left) that it the state police is searching for Riduan @ S Pathmanathan following an order by the IGP.
He also said that police will take the same position in the custody battle between S Deepa and Izwan Abdullah @ N Viran, who snatched their son.
"The fact for the Perak and Negri Sembilan cases are the same. We first received a syariah court order instructing police to place the children with the father.
"Then we got a civil court order to place the children with the mother. So you see the conflict between the two court orders, which place the police in a dillemma over which order to enforce," he was quoted as saying in Seremban.
"So we will not be enforcing either of the court orders. That is our stand."
'Court will decide if I'm in contempt'
He also said that Article 121(1A) of the federal constitution places the syariah and civil courts at the same level.
Article 121 (1A) state that the civil court has no jurisdiction on matters under the jurisdiction of the syariah court.
Asked if his position means he is committing contempt of court, Khalid reportedly said it is up to the courts to decide on that.
He also urged online news portals to report the situation clearly to show that how the police are trapped between court orders.
Last month, the Court of Appeal rejected Izwan's application to stay the Seremban High Court's decision to award custody of their two children to Deepa.
The Ipoh High Court, meanwhile, found Riduan (above) in contempt for failure to return their youngest child to Indira, following a court order which awarded custody of their three children to Indira.
Instead, he said, Perak police are only searching for Riduan Abdullah @ S Pathmanathan to "monitor" him and "ensure the child is safe".
The IGP said police are not budging from its position not to enforce either the civil or syariah court order, which sided with Indira's ex-husband Riduan Abdullah, Bernama reports.
This follow's Malaysiakini's report quoting Perak police chief Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani (left) that it the state police is searching for Riduan @ S Pathmanathan following an order by the IGP.He also said that police will take the same position in the custody battle between S Deepa and Izwan Abdullah @ N Viran, who snatched their son.
"The fact for the Perak and Negri Sembilan cases are the same. We first received a syariah court order instructing police to place the children with the father.
"Then we got a civil court order to place the children with the mother. So you see the conflict between the two court orders, which place the police in a dillemma over which order to enforce," he was quoted as saying in Seremban.
"So we will not be enforcing either of the court orders. That is our stand."
'Court will decide if I'm in contempt'
He also said that Article 121(1A) of the federal constitution places the syariah and civil courts at the same level.
Article 121 (1A) state that the civil court has no jurisdiction on matters under the jurisdiction of the syariah court.
Asked if his position means he is committing contempt of court, Khalid reportedly said it is up to the courts to decide on that.He also urged online news portals to report the situation clearly to show that how the police are trapped between court orders.
Last month, the Court of Appeal rejected Izwan's application to stay the Seremban High Court's decision to award custody of their two children to Deepa.
The Ipoh High Court, meanwhile, found Riduan (above) in contempt for failure to return their youngest child to Indira, following a court order which awarded custody of their three children to Indira.
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