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Gerakan agrees definition of 'parent' should be clarified
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Gerakan Youth agrees there should be clarity in the definition of "parent" under the law which resulted in unilateral conversion disputes.

The party's movement deputy head Andy Yong who held a watching brief in Indira Gandhi's appeal said of the three questions of law, the final one regarding the consent of both the father or mother was necessary when a child wanted to convert, was the most important.

"That question is of most concern that is the meaning of 'parent' due to the conflicting case law in the R Subashini case," he said.

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