Sources

No	Type of Source	Citation
1	Pictorial source	(No title). December 3, 1950. The Supreme Court, outside the courtroom. Taken December 3, 1950.
2	Pictorial source	Torn between Two Worlds. First published in 150 years of the Straits Times.
3	Pictorial source	(No title). May 19, 1950. The Supreme Court. Taken May 19, 1950.
4	Textual source	Regarding The Case Of Maria Hertogh…August 27, 1950. The Malayan Catholic Newsletter, pg. 3. Retrieved 23 August, 2014 from souce.
5	Textual source	Siew Cheng Hoe. July 11, 2009. History of Singapore Riots in Singapore Maria Hertogh Riots. Retrieved 23 August, 2014 from http://www.humanities360.com/index.php/history-of-singapore-riots-in-singapore-maria-hertogh-riots-38741/
6	Textual source	Bonny Tan. (n.d.). Maria Hertogh (Nadra). Retrieved 23 August, 2014 from http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_508_2004-12-23.html
7	Textual source	Five dead, 100 hurt in riots. December 12, 1950. Pg.1.
8	Textual source	Lay Yuen Tan. (n.d.). Maria Hertogh Riots. Retrieved August 23, 2014 from http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_83_2005-02-02.html

Source 1

The biological parents of Maria Hertogh were outside the courtroom where Maria will be assigned to them.

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Parents have first rights and authority over their offspring (at least till they are of age and able to look after themselves) to bring them up in their faith and in keeping with their station in life so that they may enjoy all the privileges of family and home life and receive an education according to their means with all necessary provision made for the future.

The Church, by virtue of the Authority invested in her by Our Lord, has jurisdiction over all Catholics and will always stand firm in upholding the Law of God and will never allow any violation of human rights, whether of the family or the individual; and it is the duty of the State to protect its citizens and their rights against the assaults of sectional interests.

Source 5

On 11 December 1950, the court threw out the appeal in less than five minutes. This angered the crowd waiting outside. They deemed it as the unfair treatment of the locals by the colonial government. While the locals, especially the Muslims, accepted that legal battle was the way to fight this custody case, they could not accept that the colonial government sided with the Europeans. Throwing out the appeal in less than five minutes was an obvious act of favoritism towards the Europeans.

Source 6

Reunited after the war, Maria's parents began seeking for their lost daughter in the late 1940s. They lodged a request with Dutch officials to locate their daughter. Arthur Locke, the Administrative Officer (East), was the first to alert authorities to Maria's whereabouts when he spotted her at a school competition in Kemaman.

Source 7

  From the picture:

Two Europeans, two Chinese and a Eurasian were fatally injured and more than 100 people --- Europeans, Eurasians, Chinese and Indians --- were wounded in the Muslim rioting which gripped a section of Singapore city yesterday afternoon and last night.

The bodies of the two Europeans were found outside Borneo Motors in Orchard Road and in the Rochore Canal. A Eurasian, Francis Pereira, aged 36 Died in hospital of multiple injuries.
The bodies of the two Chinese were in the monsoon drain at the junction of Katong and Amber Roads. Near them lay the badly-battered body of a European.

Source 8

The riots highlighted the insensitive way the media handled religious and racial issues in Singapore. The British colonial authorities also failed to defuse an explosive situation when emotional reports appeared in the local press of the custody battle accompanied by sensational media photographs of a Muslim girl in a Catholic convent.