Why favour ‘haram’ product during MCO? Bersatu Youth questions ‘Malay-Muslim’ govt
The Youth wing of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia that is part of the ruling coalition has questioned Putrajaya today for allowing Heineken Malaysia Bhd to continue its operations during the movement control order (MCO).
(MMO) – The wing compared the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry’s exception to the thousands of businesses that are either halal or permissible in Islam, or Bumiputera-owned.
“Why is this exception given to Heineken beer factory when it is obvious that their business is haram?” it asked in a statement.
Drinking alcoholic beverages is haram, or forbidden, for Muslims. Alcoholic manufacturing by itself is not illegal or forbidden in the country.
The wing also asked whether the factory is linked to any political figures, and asked Putrajaya to explain itself over the decision.
“It is not nice for a Malay-Muslim government to give advantage to a product that is clearly haram in Islam,” said the statement jointly issued by the wing’s religious affairs executive councillor Abu Hafiz Salleh Hudin and information chief Ulya Aqamah Husamudin.
