Kula to IGP: Listen to your predecessor

DAP’s Kulasegaran urges the IGP to carry out his duties and arrest Muhammad Ridzuan Abdullah immediately.

PETALING JAYA: DAP’s M.Kulasegaran has urged the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar to arrest Muhammad Ridzuan Abdullah for contempt of court after failing to surrender his six-year-old child to his ex-wife, Indira Ghandhi.

Kulasegaran cited former IGP, Musa Hassan who openly supported the arrest of Ridzuan and called for Khalid to abide by the Judge’s order to set aside his “personal opinion” and “carry out his policeman’s duties without fear or favour”.

“I am sure the former IGP has deeply thought how unfair the present IGP is on refusing to exercise his power to act against Ridzuan and retrieve the child”.

“The IGP should take the views of his predecessor very seriously and be persuaded to carry out his duties with vigour and arrest Ridzuan and retrieve the child immediately,” said Kulasegaran.

He added, “Section 20 is crystal clear and has spelt out the duties and obligations of an IGP. The IGP must carry out the orders of the court.”

Confirming that the police already know the whereabouts of Ridzuan, Kulasegaran said, “This is an open and shut case for the police to locate the fugitive.”

He added, “Nobody is above the law and that includes the IGP.”

Indira has struggled since 2009 to regain custody of the child she had with Ridzuan, who was 11 months old when Ridzuan took her away along with two older siblings and converted them to Islam.

The High Court later granted Indira full custody of all three children. In a decision on March 11 2010, Ridzuan was ordered to return the child, now six to the mother, an order he has refused to abide by.