KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — A Johor woman has applied to the High Court to start contempt of court proceedings against officers of the Kota Tinggi district Islamic religious council, over their alleged threats and harassment against her over her lawsuit challenging laws enabling unilateral conversion.
In her application, the woman claimed the five Islamic religious council officers had gone to her house and allegedly threatened and disturbed and scolded her at her own house, due to her filing a lawsuit on unilateral conversion laws. The High Court has set May 2 as the case management date for the woman’s application to initiate the contempt of court proceedings.is withholding the identity of the woman for her personal safety. She is alleged to be a victim of unilateral conversion to Islam when she was a child.on the five officers’ visit to her house, claiming that they had scolded her for filing the lawsuit against the Johor state government. She is both a plaintiff and a witness in that lawsuit.
She said the officers had breached her privacy by taking videos and photos of her, her three young children and her house without her permission. She added that she had lodged the police report out of fear and worry for the safety of herself and her children.