Aidiladha incident has given Taman Pelangi a bad name, say residents 22 Jul 2021 / 08:01 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Congregants of the Taman Pelangi surau in Juru say many of the people who prayed outside on Aidiladha morning – with 49 later arrested – were non-residents.
Zam, 40 – who was turned away by the surau because it was already at full capacity when he arrived – said that most of them had come from a neighbouring area because his foreign neighbours know they aren’t allowed to join the congregational prayer.
“Maybe they misunderstood because foreigners are not allowed to join the congregation at the surau or mosque now. Maybe they came en masse because they heard that the Aidiladha prayer was allowed,” he said.
Penang Narcotics Crime Investigations Department chief Asst Comm Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah (3rd left) and his men looking at the drugs seized after a press conference at the state police headquarters in Penang Road, Penang. - K.T. GOH/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: Police in Penang have busted a drug smuggling syndicate that has been active since early this year, seizing drugs worth RM398,352 and arresting three of its members.
Penang Narcotics Crime Investigations Department chief Asst Comm Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah said his team busted a laboratory processing ecstasy pills in Penang during the operation.
“We conducted a series of raids and investigations on July 1 and 2 and managed to arrest three men and a woman from China, aged from 29 to 42 years old.