Arun Dorasamy, the legal unit director of Hindu Agamam Ani Malaysia, said the application would be filed on Monday.

“She was left shaken by the incident and so were the other plaintiffs after hearing the news. This is a serious matter,” he said at a press conference here, adding that the actions of the religious officers amounted to witness tampering.

It was reported yesterday that the woman, who is among the 14 seeking to nullify the unilateral conversion of their children, was allegedly harassed at her home by Islamic religious authorities.

Lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan, who is representing the 34-year-old woman, told FMT that five officers from a district Islamic religious department had gone to her house at around 3pm.

The five officers berated her for suing the state and allegedly questioned her three children, all of whom were below the age of 10.

Arun said the woman now feared for her safety and was mulling not sending her children to school.

Earlier this month, the woman, along with M Indira Gandhi – a Hindu mother whose three children were unilaterally converted by her ex-husband – sought to nullify laws permitting unilateral conversions in eight states in Malaysia.

The originating summons was filed at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on March 3.

The Federal Court had in 2018 nullified the unilateral conversion of Indira’s three children. Despite the ruling, some states are still practising unilateral conversion in line with their state enactments.