The corner shoplot in Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya, where the new church is operating and had put up a cross on the wall in the centre, but which was removed on Sunday. – The Malaysian Insider pic, April 21, 2015.Churches are allowed to operate in commercial premises without a permit, the Selangor government said today, informing the Taman Medan church that was forced to remove a cross by a group of protesters to return the Christian symbol back to its original place.
The state government's Committee on Non-Islam Affairs (HESI) said churches operating in commercial premises only needed to notify the committee, HESI co-chairperson Elizabeth Wong said in a statement today.
"MBPJ Councillors also clarified that since 2008, the previous State Committee on Non-Islam Affairs (then known as State Committee on Non-Islam Places of Worship) has allowed churches to operate in commercial premises or offices without the need for application of permits, but only by way of notification to the committee.
"This is based on the principle that Article 11 of the Federal Constitution embodies freedom of worship," said Wong, who is also a state exco.
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