Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the government has yet to arrive at a decision on whether police will act to resolve custody tussles in religious conversion cases.
He said this in response to his colleague Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri who called on police to retrieve S Deepa's son from her Muslim convert husband as rightful custody is hers.
"We have no decision yet. I will discuss with her (Nancy) and also the Attorney-General's Office on what line of action to take," hetold a press conference in Cheras today.
Zahid's latest remarks appears to be a softening of stance after backing police refusal to act in April.
Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar had said police did not want to get into the tussle, claiming that there were conflicting decision between the Syariah Court and Seremban High Court which gave custody to the respective parents.
Even though the Syariah Court granted custody to Izwan Abdullah, the Seremban High Court ruled that their six-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter were products of a civil marriage and granted custody to the mother.
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He said this in response to his colleague Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri who called on police to retrieve S Deepa's son from her Muslim convert husband as rightful custody is hers.
"We have no decision yet. I will discuss with her (Nancy) and also the Attorney-General's Office on what line of action to take," hetold a press conference in Cheras today.Zahid's latest remarks appears to be a softening of stance after backing police refusal to act in April.
Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar had said police did not want to get into the tussle, claiming that there were conflicting decision between the Syariah Court and Seremban High Court which gave custody to the respective parents.
Even though the Syariah Court granted custody to Izwan Abdullah, the Seremban High Court ruled that their six-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter were products of a civil marriage and granted custody to the mother.
[More to follow]
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