Woman remanded for breaching men's prayer room at Penang mosque

Police have remanded a woman who breached the men's prayer room at Jamek Ar-Rahman Mosque in Batu Ferringhi, Penang to allegedly complain that the bilal and imam’s voices were too loud and disturbing the neighbourhood.

Timur Laut police chief Razlam Ab Hamid said the elderly woman was remanded for four days starting yesterday to assist in the investigation after her family handed her over to the police at a nearby station, Astro Awani reported.

In addition, he said, the woman will be referred to a psychiatrist.

The investigation is being carried out according to Section 298A of the Penal Code, which covers causing disharmony using religion.

"We received seven police reports regarding the case, and we will also refer the woman to a psychiatrist because the suspect seems to have a mental problem," Razlam added.

A video of a woman who did not cover her aurat (improperly dressed) entering the men's prayer room indicated the incident occurred at 10pm on March 12.

According to the mosque chairperson Ismail Din, this was the woman’s third attempt at expressing her dissatisfaction with two previous complaints made through letters sent to the mosque.

He said the woman claimed that the mosque’s morning call to prayer disturbed sleeping neighbours.

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