Details of Temple Scuffles - DIGP Speaks of Initial Probe

The Malaysia Deputy Inspector General (DIGP) of Police Noor Rashid Ibrahim has given details about the preliminary investigation over the fracas at the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Subang earlier yesterday morning.

According a source, the DIGP said the incident was the result of the process of recovering the land on which the 127 years old temple is seating on.

Although, the party which wanted to take over the land went ahead to hire a group of Malay men to facilitate the process of taking the land. There is a possibility that those hired were gangsters and for sure, the group of Indians tried to defend the temple against invasion.

The Deputy Inspector General of Police said there is importance for him to speak about this due to it's sensitive nature and he don't want any quarter to be advantageous. This is not related to a racial clash he further said.

Noor Rashid said that at about 2:30am yesterday morning, a group of 50 men believed to be Malays trespassed into the temple.

Following this, he said those guarding the temple called their friends and informed them of the incident, resulting in some 200 Indian men arriving at the scene and surrounding the temple. The police has equally arrived by the time the temple was surrounded, at one point the group which trespassed into the temple attempted to flee, and a clash erupted.

As a result of this, three (3) men were injured while several vehicles were torched, he added.