Police negotiating with Indira’s ex for daughter’s release, says IGP

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 11 Sep 2020 2:53PM · 7 Comments

Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador says police hope to persuade the wanted Muhammad Riduan Abdullah to return to Malaysia to resolve the problem amicably. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 11, 2020.

POLICE are using intermediaries to negotiate with M. Indira Gandhi’s ex-husband for him to return to Malaysia and hand over their youngest child, Malay Mail Online reported today.

Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador said negotiations, which began last year, were preferred to secure the release of the child because the case was “sensitive” and police faced “problems and limitations” in having the father Muhammad Riduan Abdullah returned to Malaysia from abroad.

“I can’t take action outside the law. Also, he is not a hardcore criminal. 

“Therefore in order to solve the issue amicably, we formed a special team secretly, which is being led by a high-ranking officer, to negotiate with and persuade him to come back even though we could not meet him face to face. 

“We were communicating via an intermediary,” Hamid was quoted as saying at an event in Ipoh, Perak.

Riduan took Prasana Diksa as an 11-month-old baby in 2009 after converting his three children with Indira to Islam without her knowledge.

The two older children have since then stayed with Indira, who has been granted custody of all three children. The courts have also quashed their unilateral conversion to Islam by their father, a decision that was upheld by the Federal Court in January 2018.

There is a court order for Riduan’s arrest and for Prasana to be returned to Indira, which Hamid has repeatedly said police would honour.

He said today that officers on the case had met with Indira last week. 

Indira, 45, and civil society group Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat) asked for and was granted a meeting last week with Hamid. The top cop was called away to anther meeting, however, and his officers were sent in his place to meet Indira. – September 11, 2020.
 

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  • He is perhaps not a hardcore criminal to you but he is to his ex wife and all those with abusive husbands. Do you negotiate with murderers on the run? Never heard such nonsense before

    Posted 5 years ago by Malaysia New hope · Reply

  • "Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador said negotiations, which began last year" - such a long time to negotiate???!!!!

    Posted 5 years ago by T E · Reply

  • I thought you are not able to locate him?

    Posted 5 years ago by Alex Lim · Reply

  • Defying a court order is not a crime?

    Posted 5 years ago by A Subscriber · Reply

  • I never knew a court order is subject to negotiation. Either the IGP respects the ruling of the courts and carry out its order or openly admit that he is incompetent since he is unable to carry out an order issued by the courts.

    Posted 5 years ago by Panchen Low · Reply

  • Utter rubbish by the IGP. For god sake, you dont negotiate with a criminal on the run.

    Posted 5 years ago by Rupert Lum · Reply

  • How can abduction not be a hardcore crime?

    Posted 5 years ago by Yew Kit Yam · Reply