The group also urged the Attorney-General to make a public statement calling on all parties to uphold the Federal Constitution and obey decisions of the Federal Court and High Courts.

G25, backing the application of single mother Loh Siew Hong for the return of her children, said: “We must not forget that the ones who are suffering the most are the children, who are the silent victims in this case.”

The group said there should be no more debate about the definition or interpretation of the law on unilateral conversion, as the Federal Court had ruled in 2018 that both parents of a child must consent to the conversion of a child’s religion.

“This makes any conversion of children without the consent of both parents unconstitutional and invalid,” G25 said. “Invalid unilateral conversions of children must be revoked by the religious authority concerned.”

G25 urged the authorities to uphold the Federal Constitution and to respect and abide by the courts’ decision to grant single mother Loh’s habeas corpus application to regain custody of her three children.

The group said that High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah had reminded the parties concerned that “court orders should not be treated with impunity”.

In granting Loh’s habeas corpus application, the judge ordered that the children be returned to Loh immediately. She had filed the application seeking to be reunited with her 14-year-old twin daughters and 10-year-old son after being separated from them for three years.

Child commissioner, Noor Aziah Awal, of the human rights commission Suhakam commended the court’s decision and said the separation of children from their parents violated the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

“The children have been denied the right to live with their mother for the past three years,” she said. She appealed to all parties concerned to abide by the court’s decision and allow the children to remain with their mother.