Monday, 03 May 2021 04:31 PM MYT
By Melanie Chalil
Siti and her husband Datuk K at their newborn son’s tahnik ceremony on April 26. Picture from Instagram/@ctdk
Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know.
PETALING JAYA, May 3 Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza dismissed allegations that the tahnik ceremony held to mark the birth of her second child violated Covid-19 safety guidelines.
The 42-year-old singer explained in a media statement today that one of the guests, a well-known religious preacher, agreed to attend the ceremony because he happened to be in town for work and did not violate the ongoing interstate travel ban.
PETALING JAYA: Popular singer Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza and her husband have denied claims that the tahnik ceremony for their second child breached Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP).
In a joint statement, Siti Nurhaliza and Datuk Seri Khalid Mohamad Jiwa explained that the presence of a celebrity preacher did not involve any form of interstate travel. Instead, the individual agreed to attend as he was coincidentally in Kuala Lumpur when the ceremony was held, they said in the statement on Monday (May 3).
Siti Nurhaliza s tahnik ceremony for her son Muhammad Afwa became the subject of controversy after social media users claimed that some prominent guests had breached Covid-19 SOP to attend.