The Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (JAWI) will reassess the standard operating procedures (SOPs) concerning security at mosques, following an incident where a mentally ill man trespassed and disturbed the congregation at the At-Taqwa Mosque in Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI), on New Year’s Day.
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00:00The Federal Territory's Islamic Religious Department, or JAWI, will reassess the standard
00:07operating procedures concerning security at mosques, following an incident where a mentally
00:12ill man trespassed and disturbed the congregation at the Attaqwa Mosque in Taman, Tun, Dr Ismail,
00:20on New Year's Day.
00:22Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Religious Affairs, Datuk Dr Mohamed Naim Mokhtar,
00:27said JAWI has been instructed to conduct a thorough investigation as the mosque falls
00:33under the department's supervision.
00:35On Thursday, Brickfields Police Chief Kuma Shariman Kumahmud confirmed that the non-Muslim
00:40man involved in the mosque incident had been diagnosed with mental illness since April
00:452022.
00:55It is learned that the man caused a disturbance at the mosque by damaging its television before
01:00rushing to the front row of the main prayer hall, further escalating the commotion.
01:06Police managed to track down the man for further investigation, and the case is being investigated
01:11under Section 427 of the Penal Code.
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