INDIRA Gandhi will file contempt proceedings against Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador for failing to act on a High Court mandamus order to reunite the woman with her daughter Prasana Diksa.

This is the next course of action Indira is taking after filing a RM100 million civil suit against Hamid, the police, the home ministry and the government of Malaysia for failing to locate her daughter.

In April 2016, the Federal Court upheld the initial mandamus order issued by the Ipoh High Court to then IGP Khalid Abu Bakar, ordering the court to monitor the procedures to track and arrest Indira’s former husband, Muhammad Riduan Abdullah, who abducted Prasana when she was a baby.

The court also ordered Khalid to arrest Riduan for contempt of court over his refusal to hand custody of their youngest child to Indira.

But since then, there has been no news on the whereabouts of Riduan or Prasana, despite promises from the police, and especially Hamid who had recently said he was working on a “happy ending” for all parties.

Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat) spokesman Arun Dorasamy said he is convinced that the police are no longer interested in pursuing the case.

“Ingat will not seek any further meeting with the police or Hamid as the deadline given to him to find Prasana has expired.

“We are convinced the police have no interest and have no further plans regarding the case, despite the IGP’s sweet rhetoric about a ‘happy ending’.

“We are back to court not only for the civil suit against the IGP, police, home ministry and the government, but we are filing contempt proceedings against Hamid and the police.

“This case is not about Indira Gandhi but also about the rule of law and justice for all Malaysians beyond race, religion, status or positions,” Arun said.

He also slammed the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) saying it lacks leadership after Indira had sought their help earlier to pressure the police into finding her daughter.

“We see no hope in Suhakam as the body is lacking in leadership or voice in defending human rights in Malaysia. We are now pursuing this case with the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland,” he said.

Indira last month filed a civil suit against Hamid for his failure to locate Riduan and to be reunited with her daughter.

The former kindergarten teacher said she is left with no other option after exhausting all avenues to be reunited with her daughter who was separated from her more than a decade ago.

“IGP has been making empty promises. We just want to know where Prasana is,” she had said.

Riduan made off with Prasana after he unilaterally converted the couple’s three children to Islam in 2009.

The court granted Indira custody of her three children after finding their conversion to be unlawful. Riduan later disappeared with Prasana but left behind the two older children. – November 16, 2020.