The government is considering mediation as a solution to the tussle involving unilateral child conversion cases but need to hammer out the final details particularly on who will play the role of mediators, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri.
Nancy confirmed today that she was co-chairing a committee with Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Jamil Khir Baharom (right) on how to resolve such matters and have had two meetings.
"Perhaps, we (the committee) will come up with something else (as a solution) but so far what we have thought of is only mediation which we talked about the other day.
"Now we need to come out with the details and conditions on how it is going to be implemented. That is the status so far," she told journalists when met in Kuala Lumpur today.
She said mediation can be a medium for conflicting parents in child conversion cases to resolve their issues but noted this will then give rise to each parent wanting mediators of their own choice.
This will cause another matter that needs to be addressed," she said.
Legal background
Nancy was queried if the issue on deciding who should sit on the mediation panel was a matter of whether they should have syariah or civil background.
To this, she replied: We are talking about religion now, so how many and who will be represented? Because we are all humans and we need to be very careful in deciding who the mediators will be".
Nancy said the committee which is proposing these possible solutions involves the Attorney General's Chambers as well as experts from the civil and syariah background and will be having a third meeting soon.
Nancy said both the civil and syariah court are in compliance with the law and if mediation is agreed upon, it serves as an alternative to the current tussles.
"It is not just the law, it is (a) humanitarian (issue) and as responsible human beings we need to look into this matter as it involves children.
"We ought to do our job, we have to be seen as being fair," she said.
Nancy confirmed today that she was co-chairing a committee with Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Jamil Khir Baharom (right) on how to resolve such matters and have had two meetings."Perhaps, we (the committee) will come up with something else (as a solution) but so far what we have thought of is only mediation which we talked about the other day.
"Now we need to come out with the details and conditions on how it is going to be implemented. That is the status so far," she told journalists when met in Kuala Lumpur today.
She said mediation can be a medium for conflicting parents in child conversion cases to resolve their issues but noted this will then give rise to each parent wanting mediators of their own choice.
This will cause another matter that needs to be addressed," she said.
Legal background
Nancy was queried if the issue on deciding who should sit on the mediation panel was a matter of whether they should have syariah or civil background.
To this, she replied: We are talking about religion now, so how many and who will be represented? Because we are all humans and we need to be very careful in deciding who the mediators will be".
Nancy said the committee which is proposing these possible solutions involves the Attorney General's Chambers as well as experts from the civil and syariah background and will be having a third meeting soon.
Nancy said both the civil and syariah court are in compliance with the law and if mediation is agreed upon, it serves as an alternative to the current tussles.
"It is not just the law, it is (a) humanitarian (issue) and as responsible human beings we need to look into this matter as it involves children.
"We ought to do our job, we have to be seen as being fair," she said.
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