Malaysia's Government Seizing Bibles
One of Malaysia's main church groups accused the government Tuesday, February 5, of harassing Christians by seizing Bibles and other Christian books at entry points of the country.
The Christian Federation of Malaysia's statement came after a Malaysian Christian complained that custom officials at an airport in Kuala Lumpur took 32 English Bibles from her on her return from Manila, the Philippines.
Federation chairman Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing stressed the incident, which happened on January 28, was not an isolated case. "We have received many complaints from Christians being told to hand over religious books to custom officers at various checkpoints in the country," he said in published remarks. "Now they even want our Bibles."
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