Go and pray, not spray paint, cops tell Facebook group


Sari flurry: The ‘Thaipusam Spraying Group’ issued an online poster warning Hindu women at the Thaipusam festival that they would be sprayed with aerosol paint if they are ‘inappropriately dressed’.
Sari flurry: The ‘Thaipusam Spraying Group’ issued an online poster warning Hindu women at the Thaipusam festival that they would be sprayed with aerosol paint if they are ‘inappropriately dressed’.

KUALA LUMPUR: A group that threatened to track down women “dressed inappropriately” during Thaipusam and spray paint their bodies, is now being tracked down by the police.

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