Report lodged against Chegubard’s evangelism claim

 

Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as Chegubard, had asked if evangelists had begun their groundwork. (Facebook pic)

PETALING JAYA: A police report has been lodged against blogger Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as Chegubard, for linking a sports ministry organisation to Christian evangelism.

The report was lodged by an aide to youth and sports minister Hannah Yeoh. The report said that Badrul’s Facebook posting gave the impression that Yeoh had become an evangelist soon after she was appointed as youth and sports minister.

Badrul, a member of Bersatu, had shared a poster by Impact Malaysia, a non-profit organisation under the ministry, about a visit to a church in Klang.

According to the poster, the visit was for non-Christians who wanted to know more about the faith.

Badrul then asked if evangelists had begun their groundwork. “While religious preachers are being barred, an agency under a ministry headed by a DAP minister is looking to bring Muslim youths to church.”

In a separate posting, Impact Malaysia said the programme was part of an integrated campaign to foster better understanding among the country’s multiracial and multi-religious communities.

It had also organised similar visits to mosques and Hindu temples. - FMT