Yet another house of worship was hit yesterday by an act of sacrilege which resulted in a side-glass of a Protestant church in Rasah, Seremban, being shattered.

This time, the target was Grace Global Prayer Church in Happy Garden. The incident happened between 6pm Thursday and Friday evening, during which time the premise was empty.

According to church spokesperson David Raju, the damage to the ground floor window was discovered yesterday at about 7.30pm when the pastor came to prepare for an evening meeting.

After a report was lodged, the police immediately combed the area for clues while church members proceeded with their sanctification meeting on the first floor of the two-storey shoplot as scheduled.

“People may do naughty things, but we have to continue on with God’s work,” said David.

"Somebody used a thick iron rod to smash the thick glass," he said, adding that "we do not have any enmity with anyone".

David said while the congregation - numbering about 60 - were shocked with the act of vandalism as the church was a place of worship.

“But we prayed for God to touch the hearts of these people and change their attitudes to do good for the country,” he said.

Cops to review security camera footage

Negeri Sembilan police chief SAC I Osman Salleh told a press conference this morning that an eyewitness to the incident has been identified and the police are also examining security camera footage.

Rahang assemblyperson MK Arugumugam said he had visited the scene last night and have sent repairmen to fix the broken glass panes.

He condemned the attacks and said the perpetrator were “barking up the wrong tree”.

“I will go to all the other churches in my constituency to urge them to be vigilant,” he said.

The Grace Global Prayer church is the second church in Seremban to have been struck after the Sidang Injil Borneo Church had its front doors scorched by unknown arsonists.

azlan It is the 12th church in the past week to have been attacked since certain quarters from the Muslim community expressed outrage at a recent court decision to allow a Catholic publication, the Herald , to use the word ‘Allah’ in its Malay-language edition.

Seven churches were firebombed - four in the Klang Valley, two in Taiping and another in Seremban.

The worst hit was Metro Tabernacle Church in Desa Melawati, Kuala Lumpur, where the ground floor of its three-storey building was gutted.

An additional three churches were attacked - a church in Malacca was splashed with black paint, while stones were thrown at a church in Miri, Sarawak, breaking one of its glass windows and a church in Bukit Tinggi in Johor was hit by red paint.

Aside from the churches, stones were also hurled at the 100-year-old Gurdwara Sahib Sentul Sikh temple damaging a window pane of its entrance door.