Published: Monday July 13, 2009 MYT 7:55:00 PM
Al Islam duo under investigation
By LOURDES CHARLES
KUALA LUMPUR: The two Al Islam reporters who published an article in their magazine after allegedly entering a church here could be jailed for up to five years if found guilty of causing disharmony.
The two went “undercover” by posing as Christians to infiltrate a church they claimed was converting Muslims into Christians.
Two police reports have been lodged. One of the complainants, Joachim Francis Xavier, 33, who lodged a report at the Patani Road police station, said entering the premises with the intention to spy had angered many Catholics in the country.
“The writers had admitted in an article published in the May issue that the allegation turned out to be untrue, but we are deeply concerned that they had violated our sense of privacy to worship freely,” he said.
It is learnt police have classified the case under Section 298A (1) of the Penal Code for causing disharmony, disunity or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill will, or prejudicing harmony or unity on religious grounds.
If convicted the duo could be jailed from between two years and five years.
Federal Criminal Investigations Department director Commissioner Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin said police have so far recorded statements from at least four people in connection with the article published in May.
It is learnt that statements were recorded from church authorities as well as the complainants themselves.
Police are expected to haul up the reporters for questioning soon.
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