KUALA LUMPUR - Police must investigate a Muslim convert for the alleged assault on his ex-wife when he forcibly took their son even if they will not act on abduction, Wanita MIC said today.
Ignoring the offence of physical violence when there were laws dealing with assault would suggest to other men that police condoned the act, Wanita MIC chief Mohana Muniandy said in a statement today.
“The incident of hitting a woman is deemed a crime even if she is your wife ... by law serious action must be taken against Izwan (Abdullah), MIC Wanita urges the IGP to do so,” she said in reference to the Muslim convert.
On Monday, the Seremban High Court granted S. Deepa, 30, full custody of her two children ― a nine-year-old daughter and a six-year-old son ― as her marriage to Izwan, 31, in 2004 was a civil union and did not come under shariah law.
Izwan allegedly snatched their son from outside her house in Jelebu, Negri Sembilan on Wednesday, based on a previous shariah court order that awarded him custody.
In her police report lodged over the incident, Deepa said Izwan sped off with the boy in a green Mitsubishi Pajero, and that she sustained injuries when she gave a chase as her clothes were caught in the car door.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar subsequently said that the police will not act against Izwan due to the shariah court order.
Deepa has since gone into hiding, fearful that her husband may be emboldened to try and take their daughter following the IGP’s declaration on Friday that the police will not act against him over the abduction. -Malaymail
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