A 31-year-old Indian was on Wednesday charged with
slapping a Muslim cleric and overstaying in the country by a court in
Kuala Lumpur.
Shabir Ahmad Khan faced relevant
provisions of Malaysia’s Penal Code for causing hurt to Imam Mohamed
Zuhairee and disturbing a religious assembly, as well as for the
Immigration Act 1959 for overstaying.
Khan pleaded guilty to the three charges.
Magistrate Siti Radziah Kamardin ordered Khan to undergo psychiatric evaluation and set the next mention date on November 30.
On September 18, Khan, who hails from Kashmir, was arrested for assaulting Zuhairee at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur.
According to police, Khan had tried to grab the Imam’s microphone while
the cleric was conducting Friday prayers and then slapped him on the
right cheek.
The video of the incident was widely circulated on social media.
The man was later taken out of the mosque by the maintenance staff
before he was handed over to traffic police personnel who were on duty
there.
According to police, preliminary investigation found that the suspect was of unsound mind as he was seen speaking to himself.
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