M Indira Gandhi has been inextricably linked to the discourse on forceful conversion since 2009, when she turned to the courts after her husband unilaterally converted their three children to Islam.
Her recently renewed demands for the authorities to locate her youngest daughter, Prasana Diksa, have culminated in a “justice march” scheduled for Nov 22 in Kuala Lumpur, from the Sogo shopping complex to the Bukit Aman police headquarters.
Malaysiakini recaps her case for readers new to the issue.
A father converts his kids
Indira married Riduan Abdullah, then a Hindu with the name of Patmanathan Krishnan, in April 1993. They had three children together.
The beginning of 2009 was marked with frequent disagreements between the couple, and on March 31 that year, Riduan forcibly took Prasana away. The child was 11 months old at the time and…
