Angkatan Pemuda Keadilan (Keadilan Youth) has lodged a police report against the police for failing to act against its personnel who allegedly aided the torching of a century-old temple in Shah Alam, Selangor, three months ago.

"Keadilan strongly criticises the police action as not only did they break the law, but also transgressed moral barriers in disrespecting the sensitivities of Malaysian society," said vice-president S Manickavasagam in a statement.

The report was lodged at the Jalan Tun HS Lee police station in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

The Keadilan leader also accused the police of being 'dishonest' in its investigations and expressed his lack of confidence with Selangor CID chief Abu Bakar Mustaffa.

He complained that despite three police reports and the incident taking place more than three months ago, the police have yet to act.

Eyewitnesses previously claimed that the Sri Kalikambal Kamadeswarar temple in Ebor Estate was torched on June 14 by a group of people aided by uniformed policemen, who threatened to arrest devotees who protested.

They also alleged that two days before the incident, several unidentified individuals attempted to burn the temple but the rain had dampened their plan.

A police report was also lodged on the earlier attempt as well. Three eyewitnesses have also volunteered to assist in investigations.

'Indiscriminate destruction'

Meanwhile, Manickavasagam claimed that this issue had become part of a larger pattern of problems faced by Hindu devotees in Malaysia - in that the Ebor Estate temple was only one of the many that have been callously destroyed across the country.

"As a result, the Hindu community has blamed the Malaysian government, especially Selangor Menteri Besar Mohd Khir Toyo, for this incident," he said.

He added that on Aug 2, Hindus sent a protest note to Inspector-General of Police Norian Mai to bring to his attention the previous police reports on the matter.

However, Norian has chosen to keep silent on their complaints, he said.

Contacted later, Manickavasagam said the party will give the police seven days to respond to its report.

After which, he said the party and the temple devotees will bring the matter up with the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam).

Since the Ebor incident, an ad hoc committee was formed by individuals angered by the indiscriminate destruction of Hindu temples across the nation - with over 17,000 of them remain unregistered as they occupy old plantation land that now belong to developers.