PETALING JAYA: Abide by the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruling and cancel the unilateral conversion of Loh Siew Hong’s kids to Islam, the Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia (YBAM) urges the Perlis Islamic Religious Department.
YBAM additionally identified that the Federal Court ruling of 2018 on M. Indira Gandhi’s case had clearly acknowledged that unilateral conversion with out the mom’s consent is invalid, and the mom who has custody has authorized authority over the kid’s life choices.
“YBAM hopes that the Perlis Islamic Religious Department follows the ruling of the Kuala Lumpur High Court by cancelling the registration on the unilateral conversion of Loh Siew Hong’s children and also urges the relevant authority to return the three children currently residing in a welfare agency under the Social Welfare Department to Loh Siew Hong.
“Due to the frequent occurrence of similar disputes on unilateral conversion in the country, YBAM calls for similar conversion cases in the future to be ruled based on Indira Gandhi’s case, following the benchmark ruling of the Federal Court that parents’ unilateral conversion of their child is invalid,” mentioned YBAM in a press release.
The affiliation additionally referred to as on the public to talk out on unilateral conversion issues.
“This is because it (unilateral conversion) is not only a religious matter but also involves respecting and defending the rights to freely profess one’s religion and the rights of minor children,” mentioned the group.
Loh’s ex-husband, Nagashwaran Muniandy, had transformed to Islam and had additionally unilaterally transformed the kids in July 2020 with out her data.
This occurred after the couple had break up and she was in a home abuse shelter.
Nagshwaran is now in jail on drug-related expenses.
The kids are actually underneath the care of the Perlis Welfare Department.
