Do not make fun of religious, racial issues - IGP

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar has reminded the people not to make fun of sensitive religious or racial issues for it could inflame anger or cause resentment.

He said as this could be detrimental to unity and racial harmony, all quarters should respect the country's legal system and inculcate high moral values.

"We have been living in unity for a long time, why should we raise sensitive issues related to religion and so forth.

"Today we received a report about the purported Malay-language Bible burning event at the Bagan Luar Butterworth Municipal field last Sunday.

"We have called up several individuals for investigations," he told reporters after the police monthly assembly and the conferment of ranks here today.

He was commenting on a report that the police had received a report from a priest that he found a flyer, printed by a group calling itself ‘Pasukan Bertindak Anti Bible Bahasa Melayu’ (Anti-Malay Bible Action Force), urging Muslims to attend a Malay-language Bible burning 'festival'.

At the function, two members of the Brickfields Police District Headquarters patrol unit, Corporal R. Subramaniam, 52, and Corporal Nor Azlan Abu Bakar, 41, were promoted to sergeant for their gallantry in fighting a bunch of robbers on September 26 last year.

Both of them were injured in the shootout.