Members of Mapim and several other NGOs marching on the Swedish embassy on Jalan Mayang Sari, Kuala Lumpur.
KUALA LUMPUR: Representatives from a group of more than 30 NGOs gathered outside the Swedish embassy here on Friday (Jan 27) to hand over a protest note against the burning of the Holy Quran by a far-right politician in Sweden.
Malaysian Consultative Council for Islamic Organisations (Mapim) Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid told Bernama that the protest note had been handed over to a representative of Sweden's ambassador to Malaysia Dr Joachim Bergstrom.
This came after the provocative action of Rasmus Paludan, leader of Denmark's far-right Stram Kurs, for burning a copy of the Holy Quran in Stockholm, Sweden, on Jan 21.
Paludan has held a number of demonstrations in the past where he has burned the Quran, including in April last year.
