The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today allowed Perkasa's application to intervene in the suit filed by 19 people seeking, among others, an order for the arrest and deportation of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik.

"Perkasa, being an NGO, in our constitution, we are obliged to protect Islam as the religion of the federation, therefore we have locus standi to intervene," Perkasa's lawyer Adnan Seman told reporters at the Kuala Lumpur courthouse today...