Anti-khalwat team annoys hotel guests in Terengganu

(NST) - SETIU, TERENGGANU: Guests at the Penarik Inn here were flabbergasted by the actions of a group of men said to be from the state Religious Affairs Department (JHEAT) who conducted a raid yesterday morning.

Guests claimed they were rudely awakened at 2.25am by loud, incessant banging on their chalet doors.

Haniffah Mariati Mohamed, 55, said the men even threatened to break the door open when she told them to wait for her to put on her headgear (tudung).

"They went away after the door was opened and I told them I was staying at the chalet alone," she said, adding that they never showed any authority cards or warrants to conduct the raid despite claiming they were from JHEAT.

Haniffah was outraged when she saw one of the men peeping through a window about 20 minutes later.

"I screamed at the top of my lungs. It was very rude of them to peep into my room like that."

Chalet operator Mohd Baharudin Mohd Said, 63, said this was not the first such incident.

"They would normally come after midnight and question my guests without even informing me about their intentions.

"I have a register of all my guests and I would give them full cooperation if they had approached me first," he said, adding that he only came to know about the raid when some guests complained.

He said during the raid yesterday, a couple was taken away by the group and were only sent back at 6am after they proved that they were legally married.

"It was a harrowing experience for them. They checked out immediately and I don't know if they will ever stay at my chalet again."

Baharudin lodged a police report about the incident at the Penarik police station at 9am yesterday.

"I hope the authorities will look into this as it could hurt the state's reputation as a tourist destination."

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written by popuri, March 22, 2010 23:41:38

A bunch of perverts. No privacy at all whether at a hotel or in your house.

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written by Sangkapura, March 22, 2010 14:06:40

The one in-charge of religious(Islam) matter, in Terengganu is the Sultan. Now the Sultan of Terengganu is the Agong. If this ppl in so-called high places, keep quiet, tis stupid inconvenience will continue. They only care abt themselves. smilies/cry.gif

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written by knilecin, March 22, 2010 12:14:20

written by temanmu, March 21, 2010 05:44:20
Add... Indonesian woman illegally working here gang-raped by the police but not reported as she needs restaurant job to feed her kids.

Somebody, anybody, pls save this woman. These satanic, evil police might do it again to her knowing she is powerless to do anything

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written by SoundMan, March 22, 2010 11:09:49

Haniffah was outraged when she saw one of the men peeping through a window about 20 minutes later.

"I screamed at the top of my lungs. It was very rude of them to peep into my room like that."

Chalet operator Mohd Baharudin Mohd Said, 63, said this was not the first such incident.

"They would normally come after midnight and question my guests without even informing me about their intentions.

Poor Mohd Baharudin Mohd Said, 63, has to suffer these fools...I suggest, hire a couple of youths armed with 2" x 4" timber reinforced inserted with nails and whack these snoopers from god till they scream !!

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written by Old Man, March 22, 2010 10:10:32

During their years of education, JokersHEAT never learned the word RESPECT! Pity their parents who brought them into this world!

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written by Buayanegara, March 22, 2010 07:54:30

If i am not mistaken, the Law allows strangers who break into your house with intent ,in the middle of the to So why don't someone do just that ? These are strangers breaking into your house (the Chalet is yours for you have paid for the use - therefore technically it is your house) - may even rape and murder you so if they are killed because the House Owner can the House Owner Plea Protection ?.

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written by AlwaysFair, March 22, 2010 04:56:32

The greatest joke of the week.Why these people got nothing better to do ? Or maybe they got KPI to acheive eg. 10 khalwat cases a month and they are working hard to meet their targets?

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written by jay, March 22, 2010 03:59:04

Can somebody form a "Anti, Anti-Khalwat team, Team to go after these nutcases and kick the shit out of them aar?? Patrol them where ever they go and whenever they have an operasi, go in and budgeon the crap outta of these buggers!!
I thought they had passed a law against these morons doing this after the KL non-muslim kissing incident?

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written by Semuaok, March 22, 2010 00:23:09

If you believe Islam is great then why let other "use it" in the name of your God???

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written by sonofmalaysia, March 21, 2010 23:11:36

these pukimak useless morons, have nothing better to do, not only they makan gaji buta, they actually destroy business, give Islam a stinking name , make muslim disilllusioned about their own religion !! These pukimak morons, have no clue what meaningful thing to do ! LEt me tell them here, if they really want to do good for Islam, go after the epidemic corruption by the corrupt govt officials and politicians. Help educate the muslim men not to abandon their wifes and children, help to fight drug addiction among muslim youth !!

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written by mikewang, March 21, 2010 20:53:00

As long as the Muslims themselves are not publicly condemning such injustices, the problems will not go away.

From the comments here, I can see most of those who bother to put in their 2 sen are not followers of the Islamic faith.

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written by Aduh, March 21, 2010 20:04:25

The owner of the chalet must be from. Pakatan !!! If owned by beEND/umNO , even a brothel-turned chalet would be spared from any raid.

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written by temanmu, March 21, 2010 18:44:20

Add... Indonesian woman illegally working here gang-raped by the police but not reported as she needs restaurant job to feed her kids.

But the restaurant owner makes it a point to point that lady out to all her customers and relate the victim's story!

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written by OrangKaya, March 21, 2010 18:35:26

Muslim malay man raped a 11 years old girl and left her in a mosque, not guilty,
Muslim malay man prostitute his wife, fine only rm 1000.
Malay girl drunk beer fine, rm 5000 and public canning!!
What the fcuk is this? Muslim civilization in the 21st century?

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written by durianbesar, March 21, 2010 16:32:25

these are fcukhead JHEAT pukimas....
they bring disgrace to our fellow Malaysians....

there is a law... the syariah laws must be revisited and such disgusting acts must be repealed.... a religeon commands the respect of the believer when belief is about putting your faith in a certain teaching... if the religeon has its faithful following accordingly, it is God who will judge not JHEAT or religeous police.. so tell all these fcuking religeous police to go and get fcuked until their asses tear into shreds....

about time all Malaysians stand up to this fcuking nonsence regardless of your religeous background ... let's all tear these fcukheads and fcukwits and duds and throw them under the bus....

they have no place in Malaysia... b ecause each and everyone who is a right thinking Malaysian has every right to fcuk these fcukheads and fcukwits in the religeous department out under the bus.......

a new Malaysia has to come about next GE13 and UMNO have to be kow kow kow fcuked until their cheebai haai is also in shreds.......

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written by OrangKaya, March 21, 2010 14:37:06

This is how muslim destroy malay life and business. They do stupid thing in the name of muslim religion and do not even consider the livelihood of Chalet operator Mohd Baharudin Mohd Said, 63,.
And you expect malay o progress? Mana otak!!!

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written by hunkeyboy, March 21, 2010 13:51:01

this is what happens when you have religious "authorities" that behave like policeman and no authority has the guts to put them in their proper place.
they are set up and funded to look after muslims, a proactive, positive approach to look after muslims, help them maintain their faith, assist the poor, the single parents, the handicapped.
the role is not a negative one, definitely not spy and snoop on muslims. you mean our tens if not hundreds of millions of ringgit of taxpayers' money is used for peeping toms' gratification?
religion is between a person, his belief and his god/allah. these people who go around peeping, intruding on personal privacy under the pretext of catching sinners are nothing but crass voyeurs - they should be investigated by police and charged in court for intimidation, trespass, invasion of privacy, criminal assault etc.
so, are we saying Malaysia is a heaven for tourists?

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written by ak_malaysia, March 21, 2010 13:20:32

Bloody hypocrites trying to play God. Anyway God doesn't need men to be his warrior. Hypocrite men think they are-holier-than-thou when it is just the opposite! Maybe these hypocrite raiders are lustful and enjoy what they are doing supposedly in the name of God. In any case, I thought religion is between man and his God. If you sin, God should punish you (divine retribution) NOT MEN. You don't have a contract with men such as the hypocrite raiders. Yet, it is strange that men punish you on God's behalf!

I am flabbergasted as are many Malaysians

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written by Fart Fart Wah, March 21, 2010 13:10:09

Why are we paying these otak lembu fellows good taxpayers money to do raids here. These fellows should raid the UMoooNO heat quarters......there is a lot of heat there...with Altuntaya, Rosmah, actresses, singers and massager's......They should be sitting down to see how to reduce divorce numbers..help,single mothers, stop the men from remarrying and causing the same old problem of dumping women in Islam..Rally makes the day...moolayu group...

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written by doitanyway, March 21, 2010 13:01:56

Haven't these people got manners?

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written by panca, March 21, 2010 12:52:04

JHEAT sounds more like these Jantan on Heat. Snooping around people's fcuking business, that what they do! Ever wonder why they were so hard working conducting raids????

Look at the lady who complained about these god-send men "perverts",,,

Haniffah was outraged when she saw one of the men peeping through a window about 20 minutes later.

"I screamed at the top of my lungs. It was very rude of them to peep into my room like that."

Sinful FKING or FKING sinful these perverts?

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written by arazak, March 21, 2010 11:45:38

No they are not JHEAT officers. . ., they are "JAHAT" Officers!

Tak ada kerja lain ke?

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written by alpha1, March 21, 2010 11:15:19

These are the bastards that commits the most crime!! Trying to be religious!!! Bloody hypocrites!!! smilies/angry.gif

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written by cheekhiaw, March 21, 2010 10:47:35

With so many of them banging virgins around that house of god, you think these idiots would be able to figure out which one is not a khalwat case?

xxx

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written by cheekhiaw, March 21, 2010 10:44:15

No wonder their god had to promise them 72 virgins, just to keep these idiots busy even in heaven!

xxx

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written by storm62, March 21, 2010 10:25:20

ho ho ho Rainbowseahorse, next time the turtles will tell them to suck their eggs ho ho ho.

hey JHEAT, try hiding in the bushes or among the rocks along the beach la....sure to find some mat rempits and minah bohsia moonlighting there, don't be surprised to even see your daughters there too, hi hi hi.

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written by Rainbowseahorse, March 21, 2010 09:30:25

written by storm62: They are turning the tourist away, even the turtles find it difficult to lay eggs here

Then again, which turtle will come ashore to lay eggs if the people from the state Religious Affairs Department (JHEAT) pester them for valid marriage certificates before allowing them to lay eggs? smilies/grin.gif

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written by Rainbowseahorse, March 21, 2010 09:28:15

If the bloody state Religious Affairs Department (JHEAT) people has nothing better to do, go stand at any 4D outlet and catch the plentiful Muslims patronizing these outlets.
Sure to have truckloads of Muslims to prosecute, but then the outlets will be more than 50% empty with more than 50% less revenue which means more than 50% less revenue for the UMNO government.

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written by Malaysiaputra, March 21, 2010 08:57:25

These scoundrels are no better than gangsters using the name of Islam to harass the innocent.. Sickening isn't it?.

What is happen to Malaysia ?.

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written by by2020, March 21, 2010 08:45:02

Malaysia's legalised peeping tom!

OMG! Any of such act permitted in other country???

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written by hellosunshine, March 21, 2010 07:54:27

If these holier than thou jokers were professionals, they would have had a Standard Operating Procedure or SOP for these raids. They are nothing more than voyeurs out for cheap thrills at the expense of the poor Muslim victims. I guess the Muslims will have to decide whether they want these abuses of power and also the culture of corruption to continue or not.

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written by imanj, March 21, 2010 07:28:42

Why would such a thing not happen? Have some of us not indirectly supported such a system that allows for such things to happen? So,do some of us want to continue to support more unfavourable situations and happenings in the Country?

Our Country's reputation is being destroyed and yet while we feel it,see it,hear of it,we will be cited for saying it......What next?

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written by Nunudada, March 21, 2010 06:36:20

Charge these jokers under common law for peeping , trespassing and intruding on ones privacy.

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written by NSTPravda, March 21, 2010 06:31:21

Haniffah was outraged when she saw one of the men peeping through a window
JHEAT boleh buat JAHAT kerana mereka berkuasa UMNO!
Al-UMNOdollarlah!
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