PETALING JAYA: Law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said has urged landowners whose properties have been encroached upon and used for the construction of houses of worship without approval to seek legal recourse instead of taking matters into their own hands.
Azalina today warned that unilateral action, including demolishing such structures, could trigger “more sensitive issues”, especially if prior arrangements existed but were not formally documented, Harian Metro reported.
“It is difficult to comment because we may not know the full story. There could have been permission given or payments made (for the construction of houses of worship), but they were not properly recorded,” she told reporters at an event in Putrajaya today.