As debate rages, Terengganu arms religious guards

(MM) – Terengganu has stepped ahead of the country and armed its Islamic enforcement officers, urging other states to follow in its footsteps even as a federal minister sparked a furore yesterday when he proposed the security measure in the wake of the killing of a Pahang religious official.

The east coast state’s executive councillor Ghazali Taib said it is important that officers who are exposed to life-threatening risks be protected.

“Terengganu enforcement officers are supplied with firearms for safety reasons.

“I hope all other states will follow suit so that they have to tools to defend themselves,” he was quoted as saying today by Malay daily Sinar Harian.

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