06-27-2008, 04:45 AM
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26 Jun 2008, 2030 hrs IST,IANS
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian Indian has challenged his half-brotherâs conversion to Islam who committed suicide earlier this week. S Selvam has claimed his brotherâs body from hospital authorities for a funeral according to Hindu rites.
Selvam is seeking a declaration that his 34-year-old brother B Elangesvaran was a Hindu when alive, The Star newspaper said. Selvam claimed that after the post mortem, a hospital staff informed the family that the body could not be released to them as the deceased had converted to Islam at the Penang state's Religious Affairs Department.
On Wednesday, Selvam filed a summon at a high court registry in George Town naming the state Islamic Religious Affairs Department, the Perak Islamic Religious Department and the Parit Buntar Hospital director as defendants.
Selvam has sought an injunction to restrain the defendants, their workers or agents, from claiming Elangesvaran's body and âfrom interfering with the release of the deceased's body to him to perform the last funeral rites according to the Hindu customâ.
Selvam said he had contacted the authorities for confirmation and proof of his brother's conversion but the department had failed to provide him with any official documents with the deceased's signature or thumbprints as a proof of his conversion.
âI was only served with a police report alleging that my brother had embraced Islam at the Penang Islamic Religious Department in Lebuh Pantai and a letter, with some scribbling allegedly done by Elangesvaran, that he had converted,â said Selvam.
Selvam who sold fried noodles for a living is now unemployed.
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26 Jun 2008, 2030 hrs IST,IANS
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian Indian has challenged his half-brotherâs conversion to Islam who committed suicide earlier this week. S Selvam has claimed his brotherâs body from hospital authorities for a funeral according to Hindu rites.
Selvam is seeking a declaration that his 34-year-old brother B Elangesvaran was a Hindu when alive, The Star newspaper said. Selvam claimed that after the post mortem, a hospital staff informed the family that the body could not be released to them as the deceased had converted to Islam at the Penang state's Religious Affairs Department.
On Wednesday, Selvam filed a summon at a high court registry in George Town naming the state Islamic Religious Affairs Department, the Perak Islamic Religious Department and the Parit Buntar Hospital director as defendants.
Selvam has sought an injunction to restrain the defendants, their workers or agents, from claiming Elangesvaran's body and âfrom interfering with the release of the deceased's body to him to perform the last funeral rites according to the Hindu customâ.
Selvam said he had contacted the authorities for confirmation and proof of his brother's conversion but the department had failed to provide him with any official documents with the deceased's signature or thumbprints as a proof of his conversion.
âI was only served with a police report alleging that my brother had embraced Islam at the Penang Islamic Religious Department in Lebuh Pantai and a letter, with some scribbling allegedly done by Elangesvaran, that he had converted,â said Selvam.
Selvam who sold fried noodles for a living is now unemployed.
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