Teresa Kok Is Innocent

These people are obviously ignorant of the facts:

The Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia (PPIM) and the Islamic NGOs, Heritage Associations, Malay Cultural Organisations and Related Bodies Cooperation Network (Pewaris) have lodged police reports against Selangor state executive councillor Teresa Kok.

The reports were made by Pewaris advisor Rahimuddin Md Harun and PPIM Complaints Officer Mohd Nor Imran Yusuf at the Sentul district police headquarters at 11am on Sunday.

The reports were lodged over an allegation by former Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo that Kok had tried to prohibit the 'azan' call to prayer at mosques and surau in Kota Damansara, Sri Serdang and Puchong Jaya. [The Star]

Let's get this straight, once and for all.

1. The complainants in Puchong were not complaining about the azan, they were complaining about ceramah broadcasts:

… the residents who signed the petition said they had never intended to protest against the use of loudspeakers for the azan.

Instead they have requested the mosque to lower the volume of the loudspeakers for the ceramah (religious talks) which often followed the prayers. [Malaysiakini]

2. The complainants forwarded their complaint in February to Satim Diman, when BN was still in power in Selangor:

The petition, signed by 189 residents, was handed over to Serdang state assemblyperson Mohamad Satim Diman from Umno in February and another copy given to the mosque authorities. Another copy was also sent to Kinrara DAP state assemblyperson and state exco Teresa Kok's office after the March 8 polls. [Malaysiakini]

3. Teresa Kok had nothing to do with the complaint or the complainants;
Masjid Kinrara, the mosque which is embroiled in an azan controversy, said DAP parliamentarian Teresa Kok was not involved in the petition to lower the volume of its loudspeakers.

According to Abdul Rahman Nasir, who is head of the mosque committee, Kok had never set foot in Masjid Kinrara to present the residents' petition. [Malaysiakini]

4. No one complained about the azan in Kota Damansara. The mosque in Kota Damansara did not broadcast the azan for a while because its PA system was down, not because there were complaints:

Masjid Kota Damansara officials have denied that their mosque had ceased sounding the azan from its loudspeakers due to pressure from non-Muslims.
They clarified that it was a damaged amplifier that resulted in the calls to prayers to be made without the aid of a PA system. Secretary of the three-week-old mosque Ahmad Redzuan Samsudin said a police report was lodged on Wednesday against former Selangor menteri besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo for claiming pressure from non-Muslims and a state exco-backed petition had forced them to stop making the azan through the loudspeaker.

'Last Saturday (Aug 30), lightning during a thunderstorm had struck and damaged the PA system. Thereafter, we borrowed equipment from the SMK Kota Damansara in Section 10, but problems with the wiring further delayed us from sounding the azans through the loudspeaker. 'There was no pressure from non-Muslims,' said Redzuan when contacted. [Malaysiakini]