KULAI: A 45-year-old man is expected to be charged at the Magistrate’s Court here with allegedly making a statement ridiculing the approval allowing a 12-person congregation to perform Friday prayers in Johor.
Kulai OCPD Supt Tok Beng Yeow said the man is expected to be charged on June 1 over the statement he made on Facebook that went viral on May 15.
“He was remanded for three days from May 20 to May 22 and was later released on police bail,” he said during a press conference at the Kulai District Police Headquarters on Friday . “We have received the reports from the MCMC on May 28 and we will hand over the reports to the deputy public prosecutor on Sunday for further action,” he added.
On May 16, Johor Islamic Religious Affairs Committee chairman Tosrin Jarvanthi lodged the report at the district police headquarters.
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