Indira’s lawyer to ask IGP for progress on manhunt for fugitive ex-husband

PUTRAJAYA, May 19 — M. Indira Gandhi’s lawyer today said he will request the Inspector-General of Police to provide updates on the outstanding arrest warrant for her ex-husband, Muhammad Riduan Abdullah.

Lawyer M. Kulasegaran reminded Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar of the Federal Court’s decision last month that said the Ipoh High Court will monitor the progress of the police’s execution of the arrest warrant.

“So we will now write to the IGP, ask him what are the actions he has taken… If not, we will go to courts and enforce against him,” he told reporters here, without giving a timeframe to do so.

Kulasegaran said Muhammad Riduan’s lawyer, Hatim Musa, had received instructions from the latter’s client for a court matter today, but declined to say if he had asked Hatim of Muhammad Riduan’s whereabouts.

Indira, an Ipoh-based kindergarten teacher, said she hoped the IGP was also taking action to find her youngest child Prasana Diksa, who was snatched away by Muhammad Riduan seven years ago.

The Ipoh High Court granted custody of all three children to Indira and ordered Muhammad Riduan in 2014 to return the youngest child, but he did not comply.

The Ipoh High Court then ordered Muhammad Riduan’s arrest for contempt of court, later issuing a mandamus order the same year to compel the police to arrest him and return Prasana Diksa to Indira.

On April 29, the Federal Court said the Ipoh High Court should not have asked the police to recover the youngest child due to conflicting child custody orders from both the civil courts and Shariah courts.