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Muslim convert loses case

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court ordered a Muslim convert, who has two new wives to support, to make full maintenance payments to his former Hindu wife, a report said on Tuesday.

The Court of Appeal rejected a plea by L. Ganesan, also known as Abdul Ghani Abdullah, for a reduction in his 1,000-ringgit ($ 286) monthly maintenance payment to A. Letchimidevi following their divorce, the national news agency Bernama said.

Ganesan had asked that the amount, which was set by a high court in July 2005, be cut to 300 ringgit ($86), the report said. Ganesan embraced Islam in June 1996 and separated from Letchimidevi after she refused to convert. He later married two Muslim women, one in 1997 and another in 2000, Bernama said. — AP

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