What happened to Indira Gandhi, the mother caught in the controversial child custody case, can happen to anyone regardless of race and religion, said Deputy Youth and Sports Minister M Saravanan.
"Today because of our judicial system we have to accept a decision in which a mother is separated from her children.
"Don't think this is an issue between a Hindu mother and a Muslim father.
"This can happen to (those of) any religion [...] this can happen to any race," Saravanan told the media in Kuala Lumpur today.
He added the government and the courts must open their eyes and see that Malaysians, regardless of race or religion, sympathise with Indira.
On Wednesday, the Court of Appeal overturned on technical grounds a High Court decision quashing the unilateral conversion of Indira's three children by her Muslim ex-husband.
Indira is caught in a long-drawn highly publicised legal battle to regain custody of her children after her husband left and subsequently converted to Islam.
The appellate court in a majority decision ruled that issues of conversion and whether or not someone is Muslim is the exclusive jurisdiction of the syariah courts.
Saravanan said it is high time the government come up with legislation to deal with unilateral conversion.
"The government has to look into this in-depth and introduce a new Act to protect victims like this.
"We need a permanent solution, it is not only on Indira that we react," he said.
Saravanan was speaking to the media after launching an Indian children's education event in Brickfields. -Mkini
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