Yesterday, Indira won her case at the Federal Court to nullify the certificates of conversion to Islam of her three children.
Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun told a media conference today that the police had concluded Riduan was still in Malaysia after verifying the matter with the immigration department.
“We do not have a lead… I have given specific instructions to all divisions of the police, particularly the criminal investigation department, to track down the man.
“I also urge members of the public who have relevant information to come forward and assist us,” he said.
Yesterday, Fuzi said in a statement that police had been trying since 2014 to track down Riduan, 47, who was formerly known as K Pathmanathan, based on a commitment order issued against him by the Ipoh High Court on May 30, 2014.
The Federal Court yesterday set aside the unilateral conversion of kindergarten teacher Indira’s three children to Islam, ruling that the conversion of non-Muslim children must get the consent of both parents.
It held that the certificates of conversion of the three children were issued without Indira’s consent and contravened the Federal Constitution and the Guardianship and Infants Act 1961.
The children, two girls and a boy, now aged 20, 19 and nine, were converted to Islam by Riduan in April 2009 following his own conversion.
In 2010, the Ipoh High Court gave Indira full custody of their three children and ordered Riduan to hand over the youngest child, Prasana Diksa, to her mother.
In 2016, the Federal Court issued an order for the IGP to arrest Riduan for defying the court order.