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“Are they being biased just because I’m a Hindu mother? I have never ever issued this as a religious issue. I always just wanted to see my daughter.” - M Indira GandhiCOMMENT | What is shocking about Riduan Abdullah, the wanted fugitive kidnapper of M Indira Gandhi’s daughter, is not that he is using federal aid or that the state security apparatus is unable to locate him.It is that he is so secure in his belief that the federal government will not make him pay for his crimes that this wanted fugitive cannot even be bothered to remain anonymous.Instead, he shamelessly claims government aid using his identity card. There are no travel restrictions upon him, and for all intents, he is treated like an honest, upstanding citizen, even though he has kidnapped a child.In 2020, the Home Ministry said that he was not in Malaysia based on police investigation. “(He also) does not stay in one place abroad, but moves from one place to another in an effort to prevent detection, and making it difficult for authorities to investigate,” it added. Police knew where he wasIn this country, religious imperatives and professional duty are not mutually exclusive, and there is enough evidence in this particular case to support such an assertion.All we have to do is...
