Here was the top cop saying that he was trying to convince Riduan “that everything must be done in accordance with the court ruling, and he must not be selfish for the sake of the child’s future.”

Think about this. The IGP knew where Riduan was. Riduan’s identity was not even flagged by the state.

The federal government, after years of not doing anything about this case, could not even be bothered to do the bare minimum when it comes to the case of a Hindu child being unilaterally converted and then kidnapped.

This is a state security apparatus which jumps into action every time police reports are lodged against non-Muslims/Malays who, by words or actions, supposedly hurt the feelings of the majority.

This is from a state security apparatus that routinely keeps tabs on various individuals who are deemed problematic to the state.

And here is Riduan, having kidnapped a child and getting aid from the government using his identity card, with nary a raised eyebrow from the federal government.

‘Never will be solved’

The Indira quote that opens this piece is a non-Malay speaking the quiet part out loud.

A couple of months ago, professor Tajuddin Rasdi said another quiet part aloud when he wrote that the government, for all intents and purposes, was skewed towards one narrative and that non-Malays should abandon cases which were of great importance to them.

“Forget about finding out the truth about Teoh Beng Hock’s death, and the disappearances of Amri Che Mat and pastor Raymond Koh.

“None of these cases will ever be solved because perhaps there was no will to begin with. That is the reality. Also, good luck finding Indira’s child; there is no will for that, too.”

What are we really talking about here? What the state wants, and no doubt the religious bureaucracy is hoping, is for Indira’s daughter, Prasana Diksa, to turn 18, where she will come forward and thank her kidnapper for keeping her safe.

I am under no illusions that Prasana, after years of being held hostage, has been brainwashed by various operatives and will not repudiate the acts of her father/kidnapper.

It pains me to say this, but Indira’s daughter has probably been indoctrinated to believe the narrative of her captor instead of her mother.

This is what former foreign law enforcement types and cult deprogrammers tell me when I discuss this case with them.

“The longer the child is with her kidnapper, the child’s situation becomes normalised, and with that, the actions of the child’s kidnapper,” one deprogrammer said.

State aided, abetted

At every step of the way, Indira has met nothing but resistance from the state and a political apparatus, which has used her when convenient and discarded her cause when in power.

This is not even a case of “invisible hands”. We know that a former top cop knew where this fugitive was. We know that senior politicians knew where this fugitive was.

What the football scandal demonstrates is that the state and operatives at its highest echelons have no use for the law.

It is the same with the people within the state and its various bureaucracies who are aiding and abetting this kidnapper, secure that the state will never sanction them.

You do not have to look much further than the state’s inaction against Firdaus Wong to understand what is at stake here. Here is a Muslim preacher who was telling children to lie to their parents and convert.

The way the state deals with religious kidnapping or unilateral conversion demonstrates that when it comes to the religion of the state, successive governments have given a free hand to religious provocateurs who view the non-Muslim polity as helpless against their attacks and provocations.

Say what you like about former minister Nazri Abdul Aziz, but at least he had the cajones to admit that, as a Muslim, he was not proud of unilateral conversions and these kidnappings.

“As a Muslim, I am not proud of these things. Where is the fairness in this?” he said in the Dewan Rakyat back in 2022.

Successive governments, aided and abetted by willing non-Malay political operatives, must be proud of what they are doing to Indira, because they have never demonstrated any public remorse.

One last point on the religious dynamic of this kidnapping and the actions of the state. If you believe in a just almighty, God is watching.