Following Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s admonishment of PKR lawmaker R Sivarasa and the committee of Masjid An-Nur Kampung Melayu Subang, it is understandable that both committee members and residents are tight-lipped on the matter.

The sultan had accused Sivarasa of crossing the line when the MP delivered a speech in the mosque's prayer hall on May 24.

One of the mosque’s committee members told Malaysiakini that although he was not present during the programme, the mosque’s committee members were told not to entertain queries from the media.

“I don’t know the details on what happened that night as I was in Makkah. But if you ask the other committee members they would say the same thing,” he said.

Malaysiakini then approached a group of local residents who had just finished performing the Asar prayers. Clearly, they were all perturbed about the incident...