Selangor Islamic Department (Jais) director Haris Kasim said today he could not comment on the matter as it was now a police case.
“Cannot comment anymore. It is now under the police,” he told FMT, adding that Jais had made a police report.
Several Middle East-based media outlets reported over the weekend that some 200 Iraqis arrested by Selangor religious authorities at a condominium near Serdang were released after pressure from the Iraqi government.
The Iraqis, most of them postgraduate students, were attending a Muharram 10 ceremony, a major date in the Islamic calendar which among others marks the death of the grandson of the Prophet, Imam Hussein.
Contacted by FMT, Serdang police chief ACP Megat Mohamad Aminuddin Megat Alias said the police were not aware of the incident as the arrests were made by Jais.
“The religious department made the arrests. Don’t ask the police. It (the department) didn’t hand anything to us,” he said.
A similar reply was given by Selangor police chief Mazlan Mansor.
“The investigation is being done by Jais,” he told FMT when contacted.
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