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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Inspector-General of Police, when met by the media, earlier today, said the matter should not have been raised in public in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis (prayer) is between us and God and the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has never put\u00a0religious obligations aside. Moral and religious education has always been encouraged in the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople need to know that PDRM also has hafiz (individuals who memorize the Quran) and every district police headquarters nationwide has a surau (prayer room),\u201d he told reporters after the hand-over of duties ceremony of the Bukit Aman Logistics and Technology Department director at the Senior Officers\u2019 Mess, Bukit Aman, here, today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that infrastructure and space for each officer and personnel to perform their respective religious duties have also been provided and new recruits are also required to undergo a religious test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) deputy director (Investigation\/ Legal), DCP Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said that Mohd Asri, known as Asri Janggut, will be called in to give a statement this week by the CID Classified Criminal Investigation Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said an investigation was being carried out after two police reports were lodged at the Travers and Jalan Tun Razak police stations, here, today over the matter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe investigation is being conducted in accordance with Section 505 (c) of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998,\u201d he told Bernama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday, a 31-second video clip showed Asri Janggut, in a press conference claiming that the police and military personnel tend to skip their prayers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
–BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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