・The below is a latter half of the collection of postings by Dr. Ng Kam Weng's blog(http://libertysentinel.wordpress.com.). (Lily)
(1) (continuation of yesterday's last posting) 7 May 2011
To back up their allegation, the bloggers pointed to a grainy photograph showing what they described to be a secret pact between the DAP and pastors at a closed-door dinner party in a Penang hotel on Wednesday.
The dinner organisers – made up of the National Evangelical Christian Fellowship (NECF), Global Day of Prayer, Marketplace Penang and Penang Pastors Fellowship – have denied the claim as lies, and explained it was to honour several pastors from Sarawak who were in Penang for the Unashamedly Ethical marketplace conference held on Thursday.
“Such fellowship dinners are common amongst Christians and are part and parcel of the Christian custom of love and fellowship,” they said in a statement, which The Malaysian Insider had reported on Friday.
a) The Malaysia Insider (http://www.themalaysianinsider.com)
Anwar Dubs Utusan Shameless ‘Umno Tabloid’ for Christian Malaysia Report , 7 May 2011
by Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim accused Utusan Malaysia of lying and confusing the public in its report today claiming Christian leaders were conspiring with the DAP to abolish Islam as the country’s official religion in a bid to take over Putrajaya.
In a hard-hitting statement posted on his blog today, Anwar accused the Umno-owned daily of spreading lies and slander, raising concerns that such an article could create further confusion among Malaysians.
“Utusan has way over the line, they have sacrificed their responsibility as media practitioners to bow before their masters. It is a sad day for Malaysians who love peace and justice when they are being force-fed lies and slander,” the PKR de facto leader said.
“The issue of the official religion for the country has become the latest target for the country’s rulers, Utusan has shamelessly twisted facts to confuse people,” explained the opposition leader.
The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) defacto leader said the front page headline of Utusan today proved that the paper was nothing more than an “Umno tabloid” carrying out the orders of its bosses.
“It’s sad to see the newspaper founded by our forefathers who had fought for the country’s freedom chained and shackled by those in power today,” Anwar added.
Utusan had carried out a front-page article today titled “Malaysia, a Christian country?” (Malaysia, negara Kristian?), based entirely on blog postings by several pro-Umno bloggers.
The bloggers had charged the DAP of sedition for trying to change the country’s laws to enable a Christian to be prime minister, pointing to a grainy photograph showing what they described to be a secret pact between the DAP and pastors at a hotel in Penang on Wednesday.
The Federal Constitution does not expressly specify race or religious requirements for the position of prime minister. Article 43(2)(a) of the constitution states only that the Yang diPertuan Agong shall appoint as PM a member of parliament who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the Dewan Rakyat.
In a posting headlined “Agong under threat? DAP wants to make Christianity the official religion of Malaysia?” blogger Marahku (marahku.blogspot.com) accused DAP of trying to amend the federal constitution to allow a Christian to become prime minister.
“The whole point of changing the official religion is to allow a Christian to become prime minister of this country,” the blogger said.
On bigdogdotcom.wordpress.com, the writer claimed to have received a message that the DAP’s Jeff Ooi had organised a dinner for pastors from Sarawak and overseas at the Red Rock Hotel on Jalan Macalister in Penang.
“Among the activities that night included the 35 pastors taking a group oath. They formed a circle and touched each other’s shoulder and vowed in English to make Christianity the official religion of Malaysia and put a Christian Prime Minister in office,” the anonymous writer said in his blog under the headline “Making Christianity the official religion?”
He also pointed to the same grainy picture he posted at the top of his blog page, which he had captioned “Partying pastors or pastors doing the party do and vow to have a Christian as Malaysian Prime Minister”.
The blogger further alleged that the DAP had labelled the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition as an “anti-Christ agent” in the run-up to polls in Sarawak, showing the opposition party was “openly against BN on religious grounds and they are now making it their clarion call, their rabble rousing horn”.
The blogger said it was a seditious and religiously-divisive statement that was never investigated by the police “or at least they did not tell us about any investigations on the matter”.
He called on the authorities to investigate the allegations for sedition warning that if the authorities failed in their duty, the country may be “shattered again”.
The National Evangelical Christian Fellowship (NECF), together with partners Global Day of Prayer, Marketplace Penang and Penang Pastors Fellowship, said the claims against their community were lies and have already denied the bloggers’ allegations last night.
Similarly Ooi said the dinner had been organised by the Christian pastors, in recognition of the DAP team who had visited them while in Sarawak for the state election and that the prayer sessions — one before dinner and one at the end — was a usual part of their worship, and not a pledge as alleged.
In response today, Anwar reiterated PR’s commitment towards upholding Islam as the official religion of the country.
“It has been said before, even an official statement signed by all Pakatan leaders that Islam will still remain the country’s official country even if Pakatan Rakyat takes over federal power,” stressed Anwar.
Utusan Malaysia has been at the forefront of attacking PR leaders over various issues even as its owners Umno restarted moves to court PAS to BN.
It is understood its report today has prompted Malay rights group Perkasa to lodge a police complaint later this evening.
b) Utusan Malaysia (http://www.utusan.com.my)
Malaysia negara Kristian?, 6 Mei 2011
Oleh ROKIAH ABDULLAH dan MOHD. KHUZAIRI ISMAIL (pengarang@utusan.com.my)
PULAU PINANG 6 Mei – Ahli Parlimen Jelutong, Jeff Ooi menafikan dakwaan kononnya beliau menganjurkan satu majlis pertemuan paderi dari seluruh negara yang didakwa turut membincangkan agenda menjadikan Kristian sebagai agama rasmi Persekutuan sekali gus melantik Perdana Menteri dalam kalangan penganut agama itu.
Menurut wakil rakyat DAP itu, beliau hanya menghadiri majlis kesyukuran yang diadakan secara tertutup untuk paderi-paderi tersebut di sebuah hotel di Jalan Macalister di sini sebagai tetamu.
Majlis pertemuan paderi-paderi berkenaan dan ikrar menjadikan Kristian sebagai agama rasmi Persekutuan didedahkan oleh dua laman blog hari ini iaitu ‘bigdog’ di http://bigdogdotcom.wordpress.com/ menerusi entri bertajuk ‘Making Christianity the official religion? dan blog Marahku di http://marahku.blogspot.com.
Jeff yang ditanya mengenai ikrar itu mendakwa, ketika majlis berlangsung, beliau sibuk ‘melayan’ iPad selain menjamu selera walaupun turut bertafakur semasa paderi-paderi itu berdoa.
“Bukankah berdoa itu suruhan tuhan. Apa yang saya tahu, ‘bigdog’ (penulis blog) tidak sebut nama saya, dia tidak tuduh saya. Kalau mahu tahu lebih lanjut, sila tanya polis Cawangan Khas dan dengar rakaman yang dibuat mereka,” katanya melalui khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) kepada Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.
Difahamkan, majlis makan malam yang dihadiri lebih 100 paderi Kristian itu diadakan di sebuah hotel di sini semalam yang kemudiannya disusuli dengan beberapa konvensyen hari ini.
Malam ini pula akan diadakan satu majlis di Pusat Kristian (Katolik) Pulau Pinang di sini dan satu ceramah perdana pula dianjurkan esok. Pertemuan itu dikatakan dianjurkan setiap tahun.
Dalam majlis makan malam itu, seramai 35 orang paderi dikatakan berdiri dalam bulatan dan saling berpegangan tangan tanda bersetuju untuk menjadikan Malaysia sebagai sebuah negara Kristian dan mahu Perdana Menteri juga dalam kalangan penganut agama itu.
Sementara itu, tinjauan Utusan Malaysia di hotel yang terletak di Jalan Burmah mendapati persidangan sehari itu yang bermula pukul 8.30 pagi berlangsung di Bilik 2 dan 3, tingkat 7 hotel itu.
Kira-kira 10 meja dan kerusi disusun di luar bilik persidangan yang dikatakan diadakan setiap tahun dengan beberapa rahib dilihat berbual-bual sebelum masing-masing masuk ke dalam bilik persidangan.
Kenyataan Jeff itu bagaimanapun berbeza dengan laporan blog ‘bigdog’ yang mendakwa majlis itu dianjurkan oleh kawasan Parlimen DAP dipercayai Jelutong dan turut dihadiri oleh kira-kira 100 yang lain termasuk wakil rakyat parti itu dari Sarawak dan beberapa pekerja parti.
“Apa yang dilakukan DAP adalah sesuatu yang sangat berbahaya. DAP membawa strategi politik cauvinis mereka ke satu tahap perubahan dan sensitiviti yang sangat tinggi,” dakwa blog berkenaan.
Blog tersebut menambah, sebagai satu komuniti minoriti, cita-cita DAP itu jelas membuktikan mereka cuba bertindak sebagai kaum majoriti.
“Ini merupakan lembaran baru dalam politik yang mana kaum minoriti memainkan peranan sebagai kaum majoriti di samping strategi cauvinis DAP menyemai politik kebencian. Sesuatu yang pasti ia bergerak pada landasan yang sangat berbahaya,” dakwa blog itu.
(2) Malaysiakini (http://www.malaysiakini.com)
Pembela: Christianity Biggest ‘Threat’ to Islam, 7 May 2011
by Regina Lee
The NGO Muslim Organisation in Defence of Islam (Pembela) has blamed Christianity as one of the biggest contributing factor to their alleged decline of Islam in Malaysia.
“It is clear for all to see, of the aggressiveness and confrontational ways of Christians in bringing cases to court, their police reports all over the country and their press statements whether on the Allah or Al-Kitab issue.
“They all have something to do with their movement in spreading Christianity amongst the people,” said Pembela president Yusri Mohamad.
He was speaking to reporters after Pembela’s forum entitled ‘Islam Under Siege: What Can We Do?’.
Adding that Christians are on a mission to convert Muslims in the country, he said that it all starts with “confusing” Muslims by using Islamic terms.
“It is their strategy to confuse Muslims by using terms and phrases which the Muslims commonly use,” he said.
Pembela had previously stated that Islam was under “siege” particularly in relation to recent developments in Islam-Christian affairs.
At the forum attended by representatives of some 35 Muslim NGOs, the panelists repeatedly made references to Christianity, attributing it to one of the factors of why Islam is under “siege”.
A representative from the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association Ann Wan Seng told the audience that there is a subtle movement by the Christians to lead Muslims into apostasy.
“It’s very subtle. It is like salt in your food. You can’t see it, the taste might not be strong, but you know it’s there. And it’s very effective,” he said.
He also claimed that Petaling Jaya in Selangor was the centre of this Christian activity, and that their “conversion” activities are becoming more open and bolder.
“If you go there, you can see that their leaflets and literature everywhere,” he said.
Take on harsher role
Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) president Zaid Kamarudin Abd Rahman also said that other threats to Islam include globalisation, liberalisation and pluralism.
“There are still Muslims who think that their religion is not under attack or under seige because their senses are already dulled by entertainment and other earthly pleasures…
“All Muslims must unite in defending Islam. If it is true that there is work to change the constitution to usurp the position of Islam by certain quarters, then we must react in equal measure,” he said in his presentation.
Islam-Christian relations have worsened recently, especially after the furore over incidents such as the usage of the word “Allah” that went up to the Federal Court, vandalism of churches and surau and releasing Bahasa Malaysia bibles into the country after being stuck in Port Klang and Kuching for months.
Police reports have been lodged by Christian and Muslim groups since then, each accusing each other of extremism or “challenging the position of Islam”.
Pembela urges probe into claims
Most recently, Utusan Malaysia front-paged a report quoting a pro-Umno blog claiming that the DAP in cahoots with Christian leaders in attempting to make Christianity the official religion of the country.
“This has to be investigated. If this is true, we have to be careful,” said Yusri.
Meanwhile, Yusri said that even if Pembela were to take a harsher role as urged by several of the participants in the forum, it will be within the confines of the law.
“We will voice out our demands clearer. We won’t ignore the laws of the country when fighting for our issue while insisting that “we’re not extremists.”
(3) The Star Online(http://thestar.com.my)
Idris Jala: Impounded BM bibles to carry “For Christianity” stamp, 22 March 2011
Full text of the statement by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Senator Datuk Seri Idris Jala is below:
PETALING JAYA: The 35,100 impounded Bahasa Malaysia Bibles will be released without the need to be numbered and would be stamped “For Christianity” only, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Senator Datuk Seri Idris Jala in a statement on Tuesday.
The announcement is a major move as the Home Ministry had earlier stamped the Bibles held at Port Klang and Kuching with the words “For Christians Only.”
Church groups had protested against the decision, saying it would be unconstitutional and deprive people of other faiths from reading the Bible.
“The government has agreed to issue a directive so that future Bibles in BM can be brought in as long as they have the words “ For Christianity", said Jala.
The government was not just singling out Bibles, he said.
Imported Qurans were also checked to see if they were authorised copies and stamped with serial numbers before they were released, Jala said.
He said the government urged the Christian groups to collect the bibles at the ports.
He said the groups could choose to put a sticker “For Christianity” over the serial number and the stamp “For Christianity” in the impounded bibles and the impound costs would be paid by Christian sponsors.
Alternatively, Christian sponsors would pay for the import of fresh bibles with the words “For Christianity” printed at the source, he said.
On his role in helping to sort out the matter, he said: "I was requested to discuss this matter with the Christian groups in my capacity as Minister in PM's Department (not as CEO of PEMANDU), as a Christian and more importantly, because I am the only cabinet minister who is not a member of any political party."
Below is the full text of Senator Datuk Seri Idris Jala, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department on the issue of Bibles impounded at Kuching and Port Klang on March 22:
"The Government wishes to reiterate that, since March 15, it had given the directive to release all Bibles in Bahasa Malaysia, which are impounded in Port Klang and Kuching.
However, to date, the Christian groups who imported the Bibles have not collected them because they did not accept the stamps and the serialisation on these Bibles.
Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, the Minister of Home Affairs, mentioned that the act of stamping and serialisation is standard protocol.
For example, Qurans which are imported into the country are also checked to see if they are authorised copies and are stamped with serial numbers before they are released.
Qurans which are not authorised are impounded and destroyed.
The act of stamping and serialisation of the Bibles in Bahasa Malaysia and the Qurans should not be perceived as desecration of Holy scriptures.
Attached is a copy of the stamp and the serialisation as they appear of the Quran.
A special cabinet committee on this matter comprising Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Unity, Minister in PM's Department (Law and Parliamentary Affairs), Minister of Religious Affairs and Minister in PM Dept/CEO of PEMANDU and the Attorney-General met on Thursday, March 17, to discuss the issues at hand and find a fair and amicable solution .
The solution should take into account the polarity of views between the Christians and Muslims, within the context of the existing laws of the country.
Subsequently on Friday, March 18, Datuk Seri Idris Jala and Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, the Attorney-General of Malaysia met with representatives from the Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM), the Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM) and other relevant Christian groups together with their legal advisors.
At this meeting, Idris said, "AG and I presented on behalf of the Government what we believe is a workable solution for all parties."
The solution put forward by the Government is as follows:
1.The BM Bibles currently impounded in Kuching and Port Klang will be released with the words "For Christianity" stamped clearly in font type Arial/size 16 in bold. No other words or serial numbers will be stamped on the Bibles.
2. To ensure that there is no misrepresentation in its implementation by civil servants, the Government will issue a directive from the Director-General of the Ministry of Home Affairs. As with all similar directives, failure to comply with this directive will subject the relevant officers to disciplinary action under the General Orders.
3. To highlight the Government's commitment to resolving this issue amicably, the Government has received an offer from Christian donors who are prepared to pay for the cost of all the Bibles, which have already been stamped and serialised.
These BM Bibles can either be released in their present state (with stamps and serial numbers) or arrangements can be made to put stickers with the words "For Christianity" to cover the existing stamps and serial numbers.
The choice is for the importers of these Bibles.
In the event they do not wish to take possession of these impounded Bibles in the present state, the Christian donors will pay for the full cost of new bibles to be brought in with the words "For Christianity" printed at source or stamped with these words "For Christianity" by the Ministry of Home Affairs at Port Klang and Kuching.
At the end of this meeting, the representatives from Christian groups requested for time to meet and discuss and have advised the Government that they would revert on their decision as soon as practicable.
Idris said, "In presenting the above solution, the Attorney-General (AG) and I have been authorised by the Prime Minister and the special cabinet committee to convey the Government's proposed solutions to the Christian group."
He clarified, "I was requested to discuss this matter with the Christian groups in my capacity as Minister in PM Department (not as CEO of PEMANDU), as a Christian and more importantly, as I am the only cabinet minister who is not a member of any political party.
The Government wants this matter to be resolved amicably in a non-partisan manner and in line with the spirit of 1Malaysia. The Attorney-General's involvement is obviously necessary because we have to ensure that the solution must be in the context of the existing laws of the Country."
The Government urges the Christian groups to come and collect the Bibles immediately for three reasons:
1.The focus should be on getting the bibles into the hands of people who want to read them. It has been established that the Ministry of Home Affairs is not singling out the Bibles for stamping and serialisation because this is also the same practice as they appear in the Quran.
2.Notwithstanding (1) above, an arrangement has been made by the Government, with the help of Christian donors, to pay for the cost of all 30,000 impounded bibles in Kuching and the 5,100 bibles in Port Klang free of charge. The importer can take these bibles completely free of charge at no cost. If the Christian groups do not wish to take the Bibles, then the Christian donors have agreed to pay for the cost of bringing in new bibles as replacement and these will be printed or stamped with the words "For Christianity."
3.The Government has agreed to issue a Directive so that future Bibles in Bahasa Malaysia can be brought in as long as these have the words "For Christianity" in Arial font size 16 either printed at source or stamped at the receiving Port.
4.Finally, Idris said, "This is a fair and reasonable solution from the Government and with the help of Christian donors, all 35,100 are to be released completely free of charge at no cost at all to the importers. In addition, by virtue of the Government directive, there is an assurance from the Government that future Bibles in Bahasa Malaysia can be imported and released with the words "For Christianity."
(4) The Star Online(http://thestar.com.my)
New stamp for Bible copies, 23 March 2011
by P. ARUNA (aruna@thestar.com.my)
Full text of the statement by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Senator Datuk Seri Idris Jala is below:
PETALING JAYA: The 35,100 impounded Bahasa Malaysia Bibles will be released without the need to be numbered, but will be stamped “For Christianity”, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala.
"The focus should be in getting the Bibles into the hands of people who want to read them"
The announcement is a major move as the Home Ministry had earlier used the stamp “For Christians Only” on copies of the Bible held at Port Klang and Kuching.
Church groups had protested against the decision, saying it would be unconstitutional and deprive people of other faiths from reading the Bible.
“The Government has agreed to issue a directive so that future Bibles in Bahasa can be brought in, as long as they have the words “For Christianity,” Jala added in a statement yesterday.
He said copies of the Bible were not being singled out and that imported copies of the Quran were also checked to see if they were authorised copies and stamped with serial numbers before they were released.
The minister, who is a Christian, said the Government urged Christian groups to collect copies of the Bible at the ports.
“The focus should be in getting the Bibles into the hands of people who want to read them,” he said.
Jala added that the groups could choose to put a sticker “For Christianity” over the serial number and the stamp “For Christians Only” in the impounded copies of the Bible, and the impound costs would be paid by Christian sponsors.
Alternatively, Christian sponsors would pay for the import of new copies with the words “For Christianity” printed at the source, he said.
“This is a fair and reasonable solution from the Government and with the help of Christian donors, all 35,100 copies are to be released at no cost to the importers,” he said.
According to the statement, a special Cabinet committee had met on March 17 to find a solution to the matter, taking into account the polarity of views between Christians and Muslims.
Jala said he and the Attorney-General had met with Christian groups the following day to present the proposed solution, adding that the Government wanted to resolve the issue amicably in line with the spirit of 1Malaysia.
On his role in helping to sort out the matter, Jala said he was requested to discuss with the Christian groups in his capacity as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (not as CEO of Pemandu), as a Christian and more importantly as the only Cabinet minister who was not a member of any political party.
THE following is the full press statement by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Senator Datuk Seri Idris Jala on the Bahasa Malaysia Bible issue:
The Government wishes to reiterate that, since March 15, it had given the directive to release all Bibles in Bahasa Malaysia which had been impounded in Port Klang and Kuching.
However, to date, the Christian groups who imported the Bibles have yet to collect them because they do not accept the stamps and the serialisation on these Bibles.
Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein mentioned that the act of stamping and serialisation was standard protocol.
For example, Qurans imported into the country are also checked to ensure they are authorised, and are stamped with serial numbers before they are released.
Qurans which are not authorised are impounded and destroyed.
The act of stamping and serialisation of the Bibles in Bahasa Malaysia and the Qurans should not be perceived as desecration of holy scriptures.
A special Cabinet committee on this matter comprising the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Home Minister, Unity Minister, Minister in the PM's Department
(Law and Parliamentary Affairs), Religious Affairs Minister and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department/CEO of Pemandu and the Attorney-General (AG) met on March 17 to discuss the issues at hand and find a fair and amicable solution.
The solution should take into account the polarity of views between the Christians and Muslims within the context of the existing laws of the country.
Subsequently, on March 18, Jala and Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, the Attorney-General, met with representatives from the Christian Federation of Malaysia, the Council of Churches of Malaysia, and other relevant Christian groups together with their legal advisors.
At this meeting, Jala said: “AG and I presented on behalf of the Government what we believe is a workable solution for all parties.”
The solution put forward by the Government is as follows:
> The BM Bibles currently impounded in Kuching and Port Klang will be released with the words “For Christianity” stamped clearly in Arial font, size 16, in bold. No other words or serial numbers will be stamped on the Bibles.
> To ensure that there is no misrepresentation in its implementation by civil servants, the Government will issue a directive from the director-general of the Home Ministry.
As with all similar directives, failure to comply with this directive will subject the relevant officers to disciplinary action under the General Orders.
> To highlight the Government's commitment to resolving this issue amicably, the Government has received an offer from Christian donors
who are prepared to pay for the cost of all the Bibles that have already been stamped and serialised.
These BM Bibles can either be released in their present state (with stamps and serial numbers) or arrangements can be made to put stickers with the words “For Christianity” to cover the existing stamps and serial numbers. The choice is for the importers of these Bibles.
In the event they do not wish to take possession of these impounded Bibles in the present state, the Christian donors will pay for the full cost of new Bibles to be brought in with the words “For Christianity” printed at source or stamped with these words “For Christianity” by the Home Ministry at Port Klang and Kuching.
At the end of this meeting, the representatives from Christian groups requested time to meet and discuss, and have advised the Government that they would revert on their decision as soon as practicable.
Jala said: “In presenting the above solution, the AG and I have been authorised by the Prime Minister and the special Cabinet committee to convey the Government's proposed solutions to the Christian groups.”
He further clarified: “I was requested to discuss this matter with the Christian groups in my capacity as Minister in the PM's Department (not as CEO of Pemandu), as a Christian
and, more importantly, as the only Cabinet minister who is not a member of any political party.
“The Government wants this matter to be resolved amicably in a non-partisan manner and in line with the spirit of 1Malaysia. The AG's involvement is obviously necessary because we have to ensure that the solution must be in the context of the existing laws of the country.”
The Government urges the Christian groups to collect the Bibles immediately for three reasons:
> The focus should be on getting the Bibles into the hands of people who want to read them; it has been established that the Home Ministry is not singling out the Bibles
for stamping and serialisation because this is also the same practice as they appear in the Quran.
> Notwithstanding (1) above, an arrangement has been made by the Government with the help of Christian donors to pay for the cost of all 30,000 impounded Bibles in Kuching and the 5,100 Bibles in Port Klang.
The importer can take these Bibles completely free of charge. If the Christian groups do not wish to take the Bibles, then the Christian donors have agreed to pay for the cost of bringing in new Bibles as replacement and these will be printed or stamped with the words “For Christianity”.
> The Government has agreed to issue a directive so that future Bibles in Bahasa Malaysia can be brought in as long as these have the words “For Christianity” in Arial font, size 16 either printed at source or stamped at the receiving port.
Finally, Jala said: “This is a fair and reasonable solution from the Government and with the help of Christian donors, all 35,100 Bibles are to be released completely free of charge at no cost at all to the importers.
“In addition, by virtue of the Government directive, there is an assurance from the Government that future Bibles in Bahasa Malaysia can be imported and released with the words For Christianity'.” (Bernama)
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