Juru surau prayer gathering: 49 people arrested


GEORGE TOWN: Penang police have arrested 49 men in connection with the incident where hundreds of foreigners allegedly performed prayers outside a surau in Taman Pelangi on Tuesday morning (July 20).

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said of those detained, 48 were from Bangladesh and one was a local.

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