Stakeholders for the upcoming Thaipusam celebration have been instructed to examine the logistics and area capacity for the silver chariot procession in order to fine-tune the SOPs for the religious festival next January, said Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.

His statement comes after the public backlash due to the initial announcement that processions would be banned outright during Thaipusam.

“The Health Ministry, the police, the Unity Ministry and representatives from the temple will go down to the ground to examine the capacity of the space...