Kedah vigilantes a grave problem

Kamal Ariffin Kamal Ariffin Updated 5 years ago · Published on 15 Nov 2018 7:30AM · 3 Comments

THERE seems to be growing contention in our society that the development and image of Islam would be greatly enhanced only when illicit sex is monitored and curbed. Or so we are led to believe by a vigilante group called the Badar squad in Sg Petani, Kedah.

Sg Petani folk generally appreciate the vigilantes’ work to prevent immoral activities in their town.

However, they are also concerned that the group’s actions, though well intentioned, are illegal. There are residents who are uncomfortable with the squad’s activities, too.

For the last two years, the self-appointed moral police, comprising between 20 and 40 men, set up stake-outs at budget hotels and parks almost every weekend in search of unmarried couples having illicit sex.

Those nabbed are taken to a cemetery, where they are counselled. – November 15, 2018.

Badar members checking a hotel registration during an anti-vice raid in Sg Petani, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, November 15, 2018.
Members of Badar squad waiting outside a hotel room for a couple to come out during an anti-vice raid in Sg Petani, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, November 15, 2018.
A couple walking out of a hotel during an anti-vice raid by Badar members in Sg Petani, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, November 15, 2018.
Couples are brought to a cemetery and counselled by Badar members before they are sent back to their families during an anti-vice raid in Sg Petani, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, November 15, 2018.
Couples using their phone to call their parents to pick them up during an anti-vice raid in Sg Petani, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, November 15, 2018.
The couples sit between headstones as they are counselled by the Badar squad in Sg Petani, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, November 15, 2018.
Badar coordinator, Ustaz Azhar, advising the couples before sending them home in Sg Petani, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, November 15, 2018.
A general view of men walking past headstones after being given advice by Badar members during an anti-vice raid in Sg Petani, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, November 15, 2018.
Badar members advising couples after an anti-vice raid in Sg Petani, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, November 15, 2018.
The couples are brought to a cemetery where they are counselled before they are sent home in Sg Petani, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, November 15, 2018.

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Comments

  • Can't they just go and find those men that refused to pay alimony instead of doing this?

    Posted 5 years ago by Luke Skywalker · Reply

  • You mean the peeping Tom squad?

    Posted 5 years ago by Alphonz Jayaraman · Reply

    • Ya these guys have a sexual fetish called voyeurism.

      Posted 5 years ago by Zamorin 5 · Reply