Catholic Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing denounced columnist Ridhuan Tee for his temerity in suggesting that critics of the dress code seemingly imposed by government departments on women should just as well encourage church- and temple-goers to worship in their underwear .
“This is a needless inference by a man whose harlot’s tongue has led him to utter provocation after provocation,” said the the head of the Catholic Church in the Malacca-Johor Diocese.