COMMENT | In this season of the World Cup, it looks like the PKR-led Selangor government is hell-bent on scoring own goals ahead of probable early elections.

A snap general election may be held in the coming months, although some think the prime minister may try to go full term.

How else can one explain its back-to-back flawed regulatory decisions, putting restrictive conditions on the construction of non-Muslim places of worship and the unenforceable proposal to separate halal and non-halal waste for disposal?

The rules, as stipulated under the Selangor State Planning Guidelines and Standards for Commercial Development 2025, raise serious questions of whether the Selangor government is playing the religion card to gain support among Muslim voters.

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