A PKR vice-president has claimed that Umno members were involved in the arson attack against the Metro Tabernacle church in Desa Melawati earlier this month.

Azmin Ali said he is in the process of collecting evidence and will release the information in the near future.

He was speaking at the Masjid Jumburiyah in Taman Dato Harun, one of two mosques desecrated with two wild-boar heads today.

azmin ali pc in parliament 020709 02 Azmin, who is Gombak MP, said at least four of the eight remanded over the attack are Umno members from the Gombak and Ampang divisions.

“The Umno president should explain why these members were involved. This was a cowardly act by Umno Youth,” he said.

He told reporters that the full name, MyKad number and Umno membership number of those involved will be made public soon.  

“It will not be difficult to obtain these details. I even know which branch they are from,” he claimed.  

Azmin, who visited the mosque alongside Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim and state assemblypersons Dr Xavier Jayakumar and Ronnie Liu, strongly condemned the desecration as “un-Islamic”.

He urged the police to take swift action in the public interest, rather than only to safeguard the interests of Umno and Barisan Nasional.  

NONE Similarly, Khalid said that differing viewpoints should be addressed through dialogue, and not through acts such as this.

Those who committed the acts not only disrespect Islam, but all faiths, he said after meeting with residents in the area.

“Selangor residents should remain calm and pray that this issue will not escalate further. Do not fall into the trap of those who intend to sow the seeds of discord,” he said.