PETALING JAYA: The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) and the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) are refusing to return the bibles seized from Bible Society of Malaysia's (BSM) office on Jan 2.
In a statement on Saturday, Mais said that the Selangor state government did not have the right to order the return of items confiscated in the course of an investigation. As such, both the council and Jais would not abide by the instruction, the statement said.
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