Last Updated: 3:38pm, Jun 11, 2014

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar's suggestion to keep children caught in custody battle following conversion of their parents at child care centres was "wrong and unacceptable", according to Ipoh Barat MP, M Kulasegaran.

He said as an enforcer of law, IGP should not overstep his boundaries in superceding the decisions made by the judiciary.

Kulasegaran is one of the lawyers for kindergarten teacher M Indira Gandhi currently embroiled in a custody battle with her estranged husband, Muslim convert Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah.

"The IGP is a law enforcer within the meaning of law. He cannot and should not question the Court's process," said Kulasegaran.

Yesterday, the IGP said that he will not enforce the respective court rulings but rather to ensure fairness, the children in the custody battles will be placed in child care centres so both parents could visit them.

IGP said following the differing judgements meted out by the Syariah and the civil courts on child custody in the case where one parent had converted to Islam.

Kulasegaran went on that IGP should seek Attorney-General's advise on how to move forward as it was not his place to make the call over the legal battle.

"If he is unsure of what to do, he should get legal advice from the AG. For the IGP to suggest that the children to be kept in welfare home will not only be laughable, it is also beyond the duties and obligation of a law officer," he told reporters here today.

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