No Strong Obstacle For Cops To Locate Indira S Child Ex Cj

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There should be no significant barriers for the police to locate M Indira Gandhi’s abducted daughter, stressed former chief justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat.
Speaking at an Allianz Centre for Governance (ACG) event in Kuala Lumpur today, Tengku Maimun pointed out that the police had shown their competence in handling other cases.
In particular, she referred to the police’s capture of perpetrators in the 2013 murders of cosmetics businessperson Sosilawati Lawiya and her three aides, as well as the 2006 murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu.
In the Sosilawati case, her and her assistants’ bodies were burned to ashes before being dumped in a river and other nearby locations in Banting, while Altantuya’s body was blown up with explosives in a jungle in Puncak Alam.
ADS“In these cases, police were very competent (as) they managed to find the perpetrators, allowing charges to be pressed in court.
“I personally think there would be no strong obstacle for the police to locate (Indira’s) child, but I really don’t know the reason why, until now, the child has not been located and returned to the mother,” Tengku Maimun (above) said.
She noted, however, that the matter is “beyond” the judiciary, highlighting that the police have a duty to execute the recovery and custody order as well as the arrest warrant issued by the court against Indira’s former husband, Riduan Abdullah.
“Unfortunately, I’m not able to answer as to whether this was deliberate or intentional,” she said during a discussion session on ACG’s forum titled “The Sanctity of Malaysia’s Federal Constitution: Threats, Solutions, and Impact on National Governance”.
Also part of today’s panel were Allianz Malaysia Bhd director Zainun Ali, ACG director Zaharom Nain, ACG deputy director and principal research fellow Syarifah Munirah Alatas, and National Human Rights Society past president Abdul Rashid Ismail.
M Indira GandhiTengku Maimun previously asserted that authorities allegedly failed to enforce court rulings in Indira’s favour due to the mistaken belief that Islam requires special protection.
In 2009, Indira’s ex-husband unilaterally converted their three children to Islam without her consent and sought custody through the Syariah Court.
The following year, the Ipoh High Court granted Indira full custody.
Tengku Maimun was the dissenting judge on a three-member Court of Appeal panel which, in 2014, overturned a High Court order compelling the inspector-general of police to recover Indira’s youngest daughter, Prasana Diksa.
The Federal Court affirmed Tengku Maimun’s dissenting judgment in 2016, with the apex court directing police to arrest Riduan and retrieve Prasana.
Riduan AbdullahOn Aug 11, 2025, the Court of Appeal heard that the police do not owe Indira any duty of care in locating Riduan and Prasana.
Senior federal counsel Nur Ezdiani Roleb told the panel of judges that the police’s duty of care is only applicable to those within their custody.
However, Indira’s lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan said the authorities, especially the police, have a duty of care for all Malaysians. - Mkini

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