A coalition of Malaysian Indian NGOs has expressed disappointment over inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar’s explanation that the man responsible behind the temple vandalism incident in Ipoh is mentally unstable.

“We are disappointed in the IGP. I didn’t know since when the IGP became a doctor - a specialist who can declare that a person is sick or otherwise,” Pertubuhan Rapat Malaysia (Rapat) president A Rajaretinam said at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur last night.