Hunt for ‘amorous ustaz’

Compiled by NURBAITI HAMDAN, NG SI HOOI and R.ARAVINTHAN

A 33-YEAR-OLD ustaz who charmed women with his so-called Islamic credentials has become a wanted man by the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (Jawi), reported Harian Metro.

A source told the tabloid that Jawi had issued a notice to all departments and authorities declaring Mohd Razis Ismail a wanted person.

To court women, Mohd Razis, a former religious school student, had purportedly told them stories about how he served as an imam in mosques in Australia and Singapore, among others.

For his latest marriage, the source said Razis had claimed to be a ­deputy director at the Home Ministry and responsible for Islamic matters around the country.

It is also believed that Razis would bring a pair of handcuffs with him wherever he went, to prove that he was a Home Ministry officer who could detain anybody.

He recently married a higher learning institution student in her 20s in a neighbouring country while still being investigated by Jawi.

He is said to have married and divorced 13 times.

“Razis and the student divorced about two months later.

“During the marriage, they stayed with their families and not together to keep their relationship a secret,” the source said.

Razis was last seen buying food at a restaurant in the Klang Valley and disappeared after realising that he was being watched.

> Kosmo! reported model and actress Zahnita Dorothy Hussein Wilson as urging the Immigration Department to investigate the issuance of new passports for her two daughters.

Zahnita is divorcing her husband Abdul Zackery Ghouse Abdul Ghafoor, who recently took their daughters on an eight-day trip to Thailand without her permission.

“I was surprised when Abdul Zackery told me he had taken our daughters Zahrafeena and Zasharayna outside the country with the new passports.

“I still have their passports, which are valid until May 2019.

“I have asked him how he obtained those new passports but I would not reveal this to the public.

“I hope that the department will investigate,” she said at a press conference organised by the Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia recently.

Zahnita, who initiated divorce proceedings on Dec 17, said she had lodged a police report over the matter.

Immigration Department director-general Datuk Seri Mustafa Ibrahim said the passports were issued to the children on Nov 26 based on a report by Abdul Zackery that the documents had been lost when they were moving house.

> Found in translation is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.