GEORGE TOWN, Oct 1 –Penang Chief MinisterLim Guan Eng this morning said that after being accused of eating dog meat and now he did not rule out the possibility will be described as an individual who issued a fatwa banning prayer in this country. He said yesterday he was accused of eating dog meat while today he was accused of issuing a ‘fatwa’.
“I am a non-Muslim, how can I remove the ‘fatwa’ (ban on the call to prayer using loudspeakers) … this lie,” Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng response to reporters here today when he was asked about the fatwa notice dated 1 September of the Penang Mufti, Datuk Dr. Wan Salim Wan Mohd. Noor’s permission to use the loudspeaker mosques for prayer and iqamah only.
He said that the State Government will take action against any media that plays defamation, causing racial, religious and chaos in the country. He said previously, several dailies reported Guan Eng eat dog meat, because of the firmness of the State Government to gazette a decree eliminating stray dogs, to prevent rabies or rabies bites on humans.
