Former religious affairs minister Mujahid calls for family law reforms after latest unilateral conversion row | Malay Mail

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Former religious affairs minister Mujahid calls for family law reforms after latest unilateral conversion row

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — Malaysia needs to reform its family laws after the latest case involving a Hindu single mother and her three children who were unilaterally converted in Perlis, former religious affairs minister Datuk Seri Mujahid Yusof Rawa said.reported him saying that similar issues would keep cropping up uncontrollably if the laws are not amended.

“Have we not learnt any lessons from the Indira Gandhi case? If we don’t [learn from it], this issue will never end,” he added.Loh’s 14-year-old twin daughters and 10-year-old son are currently under the care of the Perlis Welfare Department pending the outcome of her habeas corpus application set to be heard next Monday at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.

Loh finally obtained full custody of her children in March 2021. She continued searching for them so she could finally take them home. Asri also claimed the children did not want to return to Loh and has maintained that the minors’ conversion to Islam is legal despite the landmark court judgment outlawing unilateral conversions.

 

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