TAWAU: Chaos broke out at a mass wedding ceremony for 22 couples in this east coast town when two religious officials came to fisticuffs.�
The brawl started when one attempted to stop the other from performing the wedding ceremony at Al-Kauthar mosque hall here, claiming the Tawau religious affairs unit had not given prior clearance.�
It was learned that the fight was between an Imam from a mosque in Kota Kinabalu under the Sabah Islamic Affairs Council (MUIS) and an official from the Sabah Islamic Affairs Department (JHEANIS).�
Witnesses said that the Imam had allegedly tried to strangle the JHEANIS official who had ordered him to stop the ceremony.�
The wedding ceremony was called off with the wedding couples and their relatives leaving the hall, witnesses said.�
Tawau police chief Asst Comm Jaafar Mohd. Yusuf confirmed that both the Imam and the JHEANIS official had lodged separate reports, adding that an investigation was in progress.� |
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