Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar has denied claims that a police report has been lodged against a church’s buka puasa event that was slated for Friday last week.

Even if there was, he said the police would not have stopped the event from taking place as there was no reason to do so.

He expressed concern that some quarters may have posed as police officers to dupe the Church of the Assumption into cancelling the event, and put the force in bad light in doing so.

“I don’t know who these policemen were. I am not able to confirm that there was a policeman who went and advise them (to cancel the event). It seems that was (supposed to be) a Muslim policeman and a Christian policeman who went up to the church and advised them to cancel it.

“Well I have been checking it with the Selangor police. We never sent any policeman there, so I don’t know what is going on. So unless the church can tell us who they are, I won’t be able to respond to this.

“And there was no report lodged. I’m afraid that someone is just making up stories saying that there is a police report lodged, went up to the church, told them something, and the church cancelled it,” he told reporters in Kuala Lumpur today.

Previously, activist Syed Azmi Alhabshee claimed that two members of the police had gone to the church to explain that a report had been lodged against the event to be held that night, and there may be group or individuals who want to cause trouble there.

Following that, the church decided to cancel the event.

Despite the cancellation, however, the event still took place albeit with a smaller crowd.

According to one participant Joycelyn Lee, some 15 people broke fast at the church.

“But a lot of people showed their support by turning up and collecting the food the organisers had ordered.

“The total ordered was 65 packs of food but support was so good they ordered more,” she told Malaysiakini after the event.