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Unity minister: Religion not for jokes, probe Umno leader
National Unity Minister Aaron Ago Dagang wants authorities to investigate Sepang Umno Noorazli Said over a joke involving a fake religious verse, a Catholic priest and a nun.
This comes amid continued uproar against the grassroots politician, despite him offering an apology for his remarks made at the Umno general assembly.
National Unity Minister Aaron Ago Dagang wants authorities to investigate Sepang Umno Noorazli Said over a joke involving a fake religious verse, a Catholic priest and a nun.
This comes amid continued uproar against the grassroots politician, despite him offering an apology for his remarks made at the Umno general assembly.
"Religion is not for jokes," Aaron (above) said bluntly in a statement today.
He urged authorities to investigate Noorazli under Sections 298 and 298A of the Penal Code for wounding religious feelings and causing disharmony on grounds of religion.
He also called for a probe under the Communications and Multimedia Act. The party had livestreamed Noorazli's remarks and those of other Umno delegates debating at the AGM.
Noorazli told the joke while praising Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s political wisdom during the party’s general assembly.
It depicted a priest touching a nun’s thigh while driving and purportedly linked its punchline to Psalm 129, although the quoted line does not appear in the biblical passage.
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Noorazli (above) yesterday offered an apology over his remarks if they hurt the feelings of any Christians.
He also acknowledged today that the Psalm he quoted was fake.
However, prior to his apology, Noorazli had defended himself, saying the joke he made was widely circulated.
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mr minister, you are the minister of national unity. why do you have to call the authorities to take action when you are, yourself, part of the authorities!! as the minister of this important ministry, you should take it upon yourself to lodge a police report! or insist that the IGP take the appropriate action. do not be a toothless minister! take action immediately.
Think this Ministry is useless and waste of taxpayers money. It is not effective at all as we can see the racial polarization is getting worse by the days and mostly the problems are caused by all the politicians.
Unity Minister is not doing his job at all because we see Semenanjung is totally screw up and divided; what unity Minister has done so far?? This unity minister did not do anything to unite all races or religions....he cannot do the job
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