Preacher ordered to remove TikTok video advising minors to secretly convert

A preacher has been ordered to remove a video on TikTok in which he allegedly advised minors on secretly converting to Islam.

(NST) – High Court judge Datuk Amarjeet Singh ordered Firdaus Wong Wai Hung to do so after allowing eight non-Muslim parents’ ex-parte application for a court order to remove the video.

The court also fixed Oct 17 to hear the case if Firdaus Wong wanted to contest the order.

Firdaus Wong came under scrutiny following a recent viral TikTok video in which he allegedly advised on how to convert non-Muslim school-going minors.

In the four-minute video, Firdaus Wong when responding to a question had allegedly said that non-Muslim minors should be welcomed to embrace Islam, but their conversion should not be registered or announced.

He had also shared advice on how minors could practice the religion discreetly if they feared for their safety.

In June, Petaling Jaya police chief Assistant Commissioner Shahrulnizam Ja’afar confirmed that an investigation had been opened in connection with the case.

It was reported that police had classified the case under Section 505(c) of the Penal Code, which stipulates that making statements with the intent to incite, or likely to incite, any class or community to commit an offence against another class or community is an offence.

The offence carries a penalty of up to two years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both.