“The government is looking for a permanent solution to the issue,” said Subramaniam when asked if the three-man Cabinet team tasked to handle the issue was looking for a solution to the M Indira Gandhi case only.

The MIC president said the government was continuing from where it left off in 2009.

He also said attempts to resolve the issue since then had hit a roadblock but added, “We will be discussing it with the AG (Attorney-General) on moving forward.

“The solution will involve certain amendments to certain Acts, and this has to be taken to Parliament,” he said after an event in Putrajaya today.

He explained that the earliest this could be done was the next parliament sitting in March or April.

“Once the amendments have been made, that might give us a solution to the problems we face.”

On Sunday, in an interview with The Malay Mail, Subramaniam said the Cabinet was looking to plug loopholes in the law which led to problems with the Indira Gandhi case.

He said he was a member of a three-man Cabinet team looking into long-standing conversion and child custody battles.

“We had solutions in 2009 and presented it, but it did not materialise due to certain issues. Now, we have several ideas and have even thought of alternatives if our suggestions hit a roadblock,” he was quoted as saying.

Former law minister Nazri Aziz and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Islamic Affairs, Jamil Khir Baharom, are the two other members of the team.