Protest, cases against govt to halt if Indira gets daughter back - group
Ayesha Sheik Mazrul & Farah Solhi
Published: Nov 19, 2025 3:45 PM
Updated: 8:53 PM
M Indira Gandhi will pull the plug on the upcoming “justice march” and drop all civil cases filed against the government and the police if her daughter Prasana Diksa is returned to her, said the Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat).
Its chairperson, Arun Dorasamy, told the press today that the only objective behind all the legal action and protest is for Indira to be reunited with her daughter.
“If we have Prasana in our hands, the very next nano-minute, the entire justice march, not only that, every case that we have filed in court, whether it’s a civil suit, judicial monitoring, everything (will) cease.
“That is the promise we’ll stick by,” he said.
The protest, organised by Ingat and Agamam Ani Malaysia, will take place this Saturday, Nov 22.
Among the goals for this protest is for Indira to meet and present Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Khalid Ismail with Prasana’s teddy bear, serving as a poignant reminder of the many broken promises and years of delayed justice.
Published: Nov 19, 2025 3:45 PM
Updated: 8:53 PM
M Indira Gandhi will pull the plug on the upcoming “justice march” and drop all civil cases filed against the government and the police if her daughter Prasana Diksa is returned to her, said the Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat).
Its chairperson, Arun Dorasamy, told the press today that the only objective behind all the legal action and protest is for Indira to be reunited with her daughter.
“If we have Prasana in our hands, the very next nano-minute, the entire justice march, not only that, every case that we have filed in court, whether it’s a civil suit, judicial monitoring, everything (will) cease.
“That is the promise we’ll stick by,” he said.
The protest, organised by Ingat and Agamam Ani Malaysia, will take place this Saturday, Nov 22.
Among the goals for this protest is for Indira to meet and present Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Khalid Ismail with Prasana’s teddy bear, serving as a poignant reminder of the many broken promises and years of delayed justice.
Inspector-General of Police Khalid Ismail
Arun said the rally will begin around 10.30am, with protesters walking 1.8km from the Sogo shopping centre, through Jalan Dang Wangi, Jalan Kuching, Jalan Parlimen, Jalan Cenderawasih, and ending at Jalan Tanglin, outside the Bukit Aman federal police headquarters.
However, he stressed that the march will only end when the IGP agrees to meet them, pointing out that the police have remained silent even after evidence surfaced linking Riduan to Budi95 and Sara aid transactions.
“We will not move an inch until the IGP shows up, whether it takes hours or days.
“We need to meet the IGP because until today we have not had a substantial, substantive statement from the IGP explaining the Budi95 or the Sara (discovery).
“We have not seen a serious gesture from the police as of yet. So we will wait until the IGP shows up,” Arun said.
However, he stressed that the march will only end when the IGP agrees to meet them, pointing out that the police have remained silent even after evidence surfaced linking Riduan to Budi95 and Sara aid transactions.
“We will not move an inch until the IGP shows up, whether it takes hours or days.
“We need to meet the IGP because until today we have not had a substantial, substantive statement from the IGP explaining the Budi95 or the Sara (discovery).
“We have not seen a serious gesture from the police as of yet. So we will wait until the IGP shows up,” Arun said.
He added that the authorities have been notified of the march via letter, and that several notable individuals, such as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) M Kulasegaran and former law minister Zaid Ibrahim, will be attending.
A mother’s last-ditch effort
Indira, who joined the press conference online today, said that the protest is her last attempt to reunite with her daughter.
“I plead to everyone to come and support this cause… It’s been 16 years, as everybody knows, that Prasana was separated from me.
“(And I think) this is my last attempt to find her, because we have done all the legal battle, private investigating, you name it, we’ve done it.
“I don’t know what else I could do to find my daughter. This will be my last attempt, to seek help from the IGP (to return her to me),” she said.
M Indira Gandhi
Indira’s plight started in 2009, when her ex-husband, Riduan Abdullah, then known as K Pathmanathan, abducted the then 11-month-old Prasana, who was still nursing, and disappeared.
The following year, the Ipoh High Court granted Indira full custody, but in 2014, the Court of Appeal overturned a High Court order directing the IGP to recover Prasana.
The High Court order gave Riduan a week to bring Prasana to Indira, or be jailed. He defied the order, failing to carry it out by the deadline at noon on June 6, 2014.
In 2016, the Federal Court finally ordered the police to arrest Riduan and reunite Prasana with her mother - a mandate that remains unfulfilled to this day.
Indira’s plight started in 2009, when her ex-husband, Riduan Abdullah, then known as K Pathmanathan, abducted the then 11-month-old Prasana, who was still nursing, and disappeared.
The following year, the Ipoh High Court granted Indira full custody, but in 2014, the Court of Appeal overturned a High Court order directing the IGP to recover Prasana.
The High Court order gave Riduan a week to bring Prasana to Indira, or be jailed. He defied the order, failing to carry it out by the deadline at noon on June 6, 2014.
In 2016, the Federal Court finally ordered the police to arrest Riduan and reunite Prasana with her mother - a mandate that remains unfulfilled to this day.
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