IPOH Timur MP Howard Lee Chuan How will provide a statement to the police on Tuesday to assist investigations into his interpretation of a Quran verse. 

“The police have contacted me, and I will give my statement at noon this Tuesday in Ipoh,” he said on Whatsapp today, adding that he would cooperate fully with the police. 

Bukit Aman Criminal Investigations Department director Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain was reported to have said on Friday that the police would be calling Howard to record his statement and that the investigation was being handled by the Classified Criminal Investigations Unit. 

Perak police chief Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri had earlier said the original or first report lodged over the matter was made at the Jalan Tun Razak police station in Kuala Lumpur and one report was lodged by Perak civil society organisation Jalinan Bersatu Sahabat (Jabat) on Thursday. 

Perak Jabat president Amiruddin Mohd Daud reportedly said the organisation had lodged the report seeking an investigation and action to be taken against Howard as they viewed his actions as an insult to Islam as the MP was not Muslim but had made his own interpretation of a Quran verse, which they deemed was a 3R (race, religion, royalty) issue. – Bernama, September 24, 2023.