Pang Hok Liong says he was only there to announce a RM1,000 allocation for the mosque from his budget as Labis MP.
Labis MP Pang Hok Liong at a mosque in Johor. Pang denies giving any sort of speech, whether political or otherwise.
The sultan added that Pang’s act was a “serious” infringement of the sanctity of the mosque, and threatened the position of Islam in the state. Adding that mosques are off-limits to partisan politics, he said action would be taken against those who are involved in such infringements. He said he was invited to enter the mosque after his allocation was announced, adding that he had earlier been sitting outside with the other non-Muslims.
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