Church protesters were all Umno members, says PKR lawmaker
(The Malaysian Insider) – The locals who protested outside a church in Taman Medan yesterday were all Umno members from the Petaling Jaya division, PKR lawmaker Hee Loy Sian said yesterday.
The Petaling Jaya Selatan MP said Umno was behind the protest, which demanded that the church’s cross be taken down on account of it being a challenge to Islam, news portal Malaysiakini reported.
“The people who protested claimed themselves to be residents but all of them were Umno members,” Hee reportedly told a ceramah in Taman Medan last night.
“Who was present? The secretary, the former Petaling Jaya Selatan Umno wanita chief who was also a candidate for the Taman Medan state seat and also other Umno division leaders.”
Hee reportedly accused Umno of “inciting” and “intimidating” the church’s congregation during yesterday’s protest, which coincided with the church’s Sunday service.
Some 50 locals gathered outside the new church yesterday to demand that the cross affixed to the house of worship be removed, The Star Online reported.
The protesters, led by Datuk Abdullah Abu Bakar, reportedly said the presence of a cross in a Muslim-majority area posed a challenge to the religion and could sway the faith of youths.
