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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Selangor govt advises church to restore its cross

Police have also been asked to act against the unruly mob which forced the Taman Medan Church to bring down its cross on Sunday.
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SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Government has advised the Church in Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya, to return its cross to its original site “to stop this precedence of mob rule by politically-aligned extremists”. The cross was forced down by some 50 protesters on Sunday.
At the same time, the Selangor Government has called upon the Royal Malaysian Police “to take this matter very seriously to ensure the safety of worshipers was protected at all times, and that there will be no repeats of such cases in Selangor”.
Selangor Exco Elizabeth Wong, who co-chairs the State Committee on Non-Islam Affairs, was giving details on a meeting convened on Tuesday with representatives of the Community of Praise Petaling Jaya Church, advisors to the State Committee on Non-Islam Affairs (HESI), Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) councillors F K Tang and Peter Chong, Petaling Jaya Selatan MP Hee Loy Sian and Assemblypersons Hannah Yeoh and R Rajiv.
MBPJ had previously clarified that since 2008, the previous State Committee on Non-Islam Affairs (then known as State Committee on Non-Islam Places of Worship or RIBI) had allowed Churches to operate in commercial premises or offices without the need for application of permits, only by way of notification to the committee, said Wong. “This is based on the principle that Article 11 of the Federal Constitution embodies freedom of worship.”
She described the statement on Tuesday by the Public Relations Officer of MBPJ, as reported in The Star, that Churches in office blocks needed to apply for permits as inaccurate. “There was no such policy put forward by the state committee HESI. A notification to HESI committee suffices. If any local council has any issues or questions, they are to refer back to the HESI committee.”
She added however that there are existing guidelines on stand-alone Non-Islamic Buildings of Worship which cover land applications, land conversions, buildings, demolitions and application for funds.
Menteri Besar Azmin Ali also pointed out on Tuesday, she noted, that the Selangor Government finds the forcible removal of the cross at the Church in Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya, on Sunday “to be abhorrent to Christians and to the fundamentals of freedom of worship enshrined in the Federal Constitution”.
The meeting, briefly, discussed several matters including the following observations: the Church has been meeting since August 2014, serving Christians from the community; the cross was put up on April 17, 2015 outside the premises; and the violent protest held by an Umno branch on April 19, 2015 had intimidated the Christians, who were there at their regular Sunday service, and had forced the Pastor to bring down the Cross out of fear for the safety of the congregation.

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