‘Minister should take blame for temple demolition’

Federal Territory Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor should be blamed for the demolition of part of a temple in Kuala Lumpur by DBKL officers, said MIC Youth.

PETALING JAYA: MIC Youth said today Federal Territory Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor should take responsibility for demolishing part of the 101-year-old temple in Jalan P Ramlee, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday.

Its chairman, T Mohan, told FMT that Tengku Adnan had failed to stop Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) enforcement officers from demolishing the wall of the Sri Muneswarar Kaliyaman temple despite a cabinet decision not to do so until a solution was found.

Earlier, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has ordered the Federal Territories Ministry and DBKL officers not to demolish the temple.

It seems like Tengku Adan and DBKL officers are trying to challenge the prime minister, said Mohan.

He said Tengku Adnan had promised to allocate funds to beautify the temple before.

But yesterday, Tengku Adnan broke his promise by demolishing part of the temple, he added.

Mohan was one of the eight people arrested by police after they tried to stop the demolition.

The others are temple caretaker R Nalini, PKR leader P Jayathas, MIC Youth secretary C Sivarraajh, MIC Federal Territory Youth chief D Tharmakumaran and temple photographer known only as Prem.

Mohan said the temple had been issued an eviction notice on June 13 ordering it to vacate the premises before June 26.

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‘Minister should take blame for temple demolition’