FORMER kindergarten teacher M. Indira Gandhi sent a letter to Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador on Friday in a last-ditch attempt to meet him for updates on her missing daughter, before he retires next month.

This was her seventh letter to Hamid since he became IGP in 2019.

Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat) chairman Arun Dorasamy told The Malaysian Insight Indira has been waiting for the opportunity to meet with the IGP since 2019 to get updates on her missing daughter.

“This is our last attempt to meet the IGP before he retires,” he told The Malaysian Insight.

The 62-year-old Hamid was appointed on May 4, 2019, by former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Hamid is expected to retire on May 3.

Arun said the last letter was sent on September 17, requesting a meeting after Hamid failed to attend a scheduled meeting on September 3.  

“So, far we have not received any response from the last letter we sent (in 2020).”

On September 17, The Malaysian Insight reported that Hamid had to cancel a scheduled meeting because he had something urgent crop up at the last minute.

Arun also said that they want a meeting with the designated task force chief, Huzir Mohamed, and new investigating officer ASP Yap Siew Cheng.  

On January 28, 2020, Hamid said Indira would have “happy ending” in her quest to be reunited with her daughter, Prasana Diksa who is said to be with her father Muhammad Riduan Abdullah.

Hope new IGP won’t disappoint

Indira told The Malaysian Insight she now hopes Hamid’s replacement won’t be as disappointing as his predecessors for failing to locate her daughter.

She said five IGPs have come and gone but there is still no sign of her daughter, who is now 13 years old Prasana. She was abducted by her father in 2008 after a bitter custody battle.

Indira said she no longer has confidence in Hamid after his empty promises.

“He said that there will be a ‘happy ending’, but now he is retiring. He didn’t fulfil his promise.

“We hope the new IGP will be genuine and will find a solution to our problem. We don’t want any more empty promises,” she said.

Indira asked why the police could not locate her daughter despite boasts of an efficient force.

“Are they biased when it comes to matters like this (locating Prasana)?

“This is not a custody or religious matter. We just want to be reunited with Prasana.”

Riduan took Prasana as a baby after he unilaterally converted the couple’s three children to Islam. He is now in defiance of a court order to return the child to her mother.

Although the court has granted her custody of her three children after ruling their conversion to be unlawful, Indira is yet to be reunited with her youngest child, whose whereabouts are unknown.

Arun said they want to work with the police to resolve the matter.

“We are tired of feel-good statements and then inaction. “We hope the new IGP will be serious, not by words but by action. We also hope the new IGP will grant us a meeting.”

In January, Indira’s lawyers had filed a RM100 million civil suit against Hamid for failing to locate Riduan and Prasana.

Kuala Lumpur High Court is expected to hear the case in June. – April 18, 2021.