Wanita Muslim India Yang Ditipu Peguam Suami

Kes Raimah Bibi Nordin, 40 yang sebelum ini adalah seorang wanita Hindu yang memeluk Islam seharusnya dipandang serius oleh masyarakat Islam di negara ini.

Wanita ini terpaksa berjuang bersendirian bagi mempertahankan hak beliau sebagai seorang ibu yang mahukan hak penjagaan anaknya.

Semasa perbicaraan dihadapan Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam, beliau telah dipermainkan oleh peguam suami beliau yang menyuruh beliau menandatangani surat perakuan penyerahan hak penjagaan anak mereka kepada bekas Suami beliau P.Marimuthu yang masih menganut agama Hindu.

Wanita malang ini tidak diberikan apa-apa penjelasan berhubung kesan tindakan beliau itu oleh peguam berkenaan dan sikap Karpal Singh selaku peguam kepada suami beliau ini amatlah dikesali.

Seharusnya beliau tidak mengambil kesempatan diatas kenaifan Raimah dalam aspek perundangan dan perlu memberikan saranan agar Raimah melantik peguam bela sebelum mengikuti kes tersebut.

Raimah telah menandatangani surat akuan penyerahan hak penjagaan kepada suami beliau dalam keadaan tertipu dan tidak tahu apa-apa. Kes ini harus dibuka semula bagi memastikan Raimah mendapatkan hak beliau sebagai seorang ibu.

Walaupun permulaan kes tersebut adalah antara P.Marimuthu dan Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS) tetapi yang menerima kesan yang teruk adalah Raimah sendiri. Dan menjadi persoalan disini, apakah yang telah dilakukan JAIS dalam membantu Raimah ini mendapatkan haknya? mengapa Raimah tidak diberikan bantuan guaman bagi menghadapi isu hak penjagaan anak ini?

Seharusnya JAIS bersedia bagi membantu dan memberikan pembelaan kepada golongan maualaf seperti Raimah khususnya dalam menghadapi masalah bagi memulakan hidup baru sebagai seorang mualaf yang pastinya akan kehilangan banyak perkara termasuklah kehilangan saudara mara seperti ini.

Sebagai ibu, Raimah berhak untuk memelihara 7 orang anaknya atau pun sebahagian darinya memandangkan pendapatan suami beliau juga tidak mencukupi untuk membela kesemua anak-anak beliau.

Dilema yang menyayat hati ini seharusnya menyentuh hati kita semua. Kita harus melihat bahawa inilah yang dikatakan sebagai ketidakadilan dalam sistem perundangan yang diwujudkan oleh manusia yang mana, hanya mereka yang bijak dan tahu mengambil kesempatan sahaja yang akan menang.

Tindakan Dewan Pemuda PAS Pusat yang menawarkan khidmat guaman percuma dalam lawatan YB. Salahuddin ke rumah beliau pada 17 Mei lalu wajar disambut oleh firma guaman lainnya sebagai satu cabaran untuk mereka turut tampil kehadapan. Semoga hak Raimah Bibi akan dikembalikan kepada beliau berkat dari keikhlasan para peguam kita yang turut membantu-Herman Samsudeen

——>Laporan Berita

Muslim or Hindu? A family ripped apart

RK Anand
May 14, 07 11:51am

She wants her husband and their seven children to embrace Islam. But her husband is adamant about remaining a Hindu till his death.

After 21 years of marriage, the family of rubber-tappers P Marimuthu and Raimah Bibi is being torn apart for religious reasons.

The matter became a national issue when the Selangor Islamic authorities separated Raimah and six children from Marimuthu. He then turned to the civil court for custody of the children aged between four and 14.

Raimah, 40, later agreed to hand over custody to her husband. Although, she is now housed in a nearby village, she visits her children and husband regularly.

Malaysiakini met the couple at their house in Ulu Yam, Selangor, to get their story.

In an emotionally charged exchange, both husband and wife accused one another for their predicament.

Raimah claimed that she was “misled” into signing the custody agreement and wants to take action against her husband’s lawyer, Karpal Singh.

“I am illiterate, and my husband’s lawyer did not explain the letter to me in detail. He told me to sign and I signed it. I am going to file a case against him. Now, I don’t have any rights over the children, you have all the rights,” an upset Raimah told her husband.

“Nobody comes to see me, not even the children. Even if the children are sick, only my husband can take them to the clinic. When the children were with me, many people came to see us. They gave rice and other things. They gave RM150 for expenses. But since the court case ended, nobody has come.”

Raimah remained unconvinced when her husband explained that the letter was read to her in court and that she was still their mother, no matter what.

“What more do you want? You get to visit them. I have only been given custody of the children. After they turn 18, they can decide for themselves,” said Marimuthu, 44, to his wife.

“Is seeing them enough?” retorted Raimah in tears.

“When they are above 18 and suppose they want to follow my religion, would you allow them? I was the one who got cheated. I was stupid to sign the (custody) letter.

“He (Marimuthu) wanted the children and I signed the letter, and now his problem is solved but I am left alone. I have just have one daughter staying with me but I have no rights over her either.”

Mayhem over formalities

Asked if he knew that his wife is a Muslim when they got married, Marimuthu said her identity card states her name as ‘Raimah Bibi a/p (or ‘daughter of’) Noordin’ and not binti (the Muslim equivalent).

“In her MyKad (which she obtained recently), her name is stated as Raimah binti Noordin and her religion as Islam. This is what caused all the problems,” he said.

Raimah, who is shown wearing a tudung (head scarf) in the MyKad photograph, said she has been a Muslim from birth, but her husband claimed that she never informed him about this.

“He said ‘if you had told me this, I would not have married you’. In the old identity card, all my family members have a/p (typically used for Indian Malaysian names) instead of binti.

“I got mine changed to binti a few months back but he (Marimuthu) claims that someone had added it. How can he not know I am a Muslim? Both Raimah and Nordin are Muslim names.”

Asked why their marriage was not legally registered, Marimuthu replied that it was not an important thing to do at the time.

Raimah revealed that she had approached the religious authorities on her own accord and informed them that she was a Muslim. However, her husband does not believe this.

Asked how the problem could be solved, Ramiah replied: “I already told them that I am a Muslim. How can I turn back again now, especially after the whole country knows the case? They (the Islamic authorities) will not allow me to turn back.”

On why she decided to do this after more than two decades of marriage, she said: “I did this because I thought all of us would become Muslims. I never thought he (Marimuthu) would do all this (take the matter to court). If I had known, I wouldn’t have revealed that I’m Muslim.”

Raimah also disclosed that she had not informed her husband of her intention to meet the religious authorities.

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