S'gor MB calls security meet, sets guidelines after temple demolition

Malaysiakini : Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari called for an urgent state security council meeting yesterday following the incident in Rawang, where an activist campaigning against unauthorised places of worship demolished a Hindu temple.

Selangor police chief Shazeli Kahar, the presidents of the various local councils and district officers attended the meeting. “The incident in Rawang has caused unease and concern among the public. “This must be addressed immediately to prevent any incident that could undermine the state’s harmony along racial and religious lines,” said Amirudin in a statement.

The menteri besar stressed that for places of worship built on privately owned land, the existing process requires the landowner to appoint a lawyer and obtain a court order before any eviction or demolition can take place. “No party may take action on their own without going through the court process. This is in accordance with the National Land Code and related land laws,” he added.

Veteran 1972 : ISIS beliefs at work here. Your heads must be buried so far up that you cannot see, same beliefs, Whaddaya expect? Voting for radical extremists like PKR is the same as voting for PAS. Wake up and smell the coffee.

FairMind : PMX should take the larger part of the blame for encouraging vigilantes and hate preachers to demolish indian temples without regard to the laws and cause the disharmony in the country. 

He opened his big mouth but its the presidents of the various local councils and district officers who are scrambling to contain the damages and chaos.

MarioT : Change must occur to this state government who have forgotten who gave them the mandate to manage the state. They forget that forty percent of the state population are non Malays and their needs and welfare are also important as they contribute the majority of the state's revenue. I wonder who runs the state under a constitutional monarchy?

Outlier : PKR can now say goodbye to 100% of the Indian votes. Chinese already said goodbye long time ago. Let’s see how much the apologist DAP will suffer next.

Anonymous_3f4b : Wipe both PKR and DAP out from Selangor. They have abused their powers, acted arrogantly and breach their many promises to their nons supporters after only 18 years as the state government. Time to show them who is Boss and people's power.

VP Biden : What about illegal tahfiz schools ? Why are they being legalised under the "whitewashing policy" ie not demolished but allowed to be legalised?

What about allocating land and funds for new non muslim house of worships proportional to the population of Selangor which is about 40%? Why no allocations? 

What about existing house of worships pre 2008 which the Pakatan government said will be assessed case by case ie to remain as they are or allocated new locations? What about vigilantes taking law onto own hands? 

What about hate preachers and mongers who continue to disregard the law and incite their followers? Are you waiting for someone to be killed before action is taken?

Kerling : Malaysiakini : Remember the ‘Kerling incident’ “We hereby issue a stern warning to all local councils to stop demolishing temples and to avoid the repeat of another 'Kerling incident' because of their (local governments) insensitivities of the right of minority groups,” added Paranjothy. 

In 1977, five Muslim Malays, accused of being involved in a series of temple desecration, were killed after being ambushed near the vicinity of a Hindu temple by several Indian Hindus in Kerling, near Kuala Selangor. The incident drew a storm of controversy and the assailants were all given jail sentences. 

They were then represented by former MIC secretary-general DP Vijandran. Paranjothy argued that most of such temples have been long in existence and the local authorities should show sensitivity by relocating them to appropriate places.

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