ACKNOWLEDGING that JAIS's raid on the wedding in a temple is an embarrassment to the state government is one thing, albeit it comes after the damage has been done, for in the first place such a thing should never have happened.
The mentri besar has also offered to assist the bride to change her name in the IC which she says she had been trying to do for the past seven years and spending thousands of ringgit on lawyers' fees, all of which came to naught.
What is achieved by refusing to allow a person to correct an error? In this case, she was not renouncing Islam as she had never practised Islam.
This promise to help should come with a time-frame. How long must it take to do some paperwork to change the name and issue a new IC? I would think that one month should be enough. So the MB should see to it that this is done without any dragging of the feet.
The crucial part is whether any disciplinary action will be taken against the JAIS officers who ordered this raid and arrest?
Since JAIS is, or is supposed to be an arm of the Selangor government, could the mentri besar please make his stand on this: Will disciplinary action be taken? If yes, when and what kind of action? If no, why?
Acknowledging that the raid was wrong calls for correction of the wrong by taking disciplinary action against the wrongdoers.
No one who has caused such embarrassment to the state should be let off with some "advice", "reminder", "counselling" or some other nice words meant to close the case without sending a strong message to others that such misbehaviour is not tolerated.
Ravinder Singh
Batu Maung
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