The two Christian leaders whom Utusan Malaysia's weekend editionMingguan had reported criticising the Penang chief minister, has slammed the article as a “complete lie”.
Lutheran Evangelical Church bishop Solomon Rajah and former Council of Churches Malaysia (CCM) president Thomas Philips (right) said the report ‘Church is not a place for politics’ had taken the duo’s words out of context.
They are demanding the Umno-owned Malay daily retract the report and apologise publicly.
At a press conference today accompanied by CCM secretary general Hermen Shastri, the two explained that the Utusan reporter responsible had just called to ask their opinion on “the church and politics”, but said neither had mentioned Lim’s name in their reply.
“It was never a reaction or response to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s dialogue with pastors in Penang,” said Solomon.
Lutheran Evangelical Church bishop Solomon Rajah and former Council of Churches Malaysia (CCM) president Thomas Philips (right) said the report ‘Church is not a place for politics’ had taken the duo’s words out of context.They are demanding the Umno-owned Malay daily retract the report and apologise publicly.
At a press conference today accompanied by CCM secretary general Hermen Shastri, the two explained that the Utusan reporter responsible had just called to ask their opinion on “the church and politics”, but said neither had mentioned Lim’s name in their reply.
“It was never a reaction or response to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s dialogue with pastors in Penang,” said Solomon.
The Mingguan article reported the church leaders telling Lim offthat the church was not a place for politics.
Amongst others, Mingguan quoted Solomon saying, "I'm sure (Lim) knows that the church need not be urged to stand up for justice for political purposes."
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