Home Ministry: Return of Chin Peng's ashes now a police matter


Deputy Home Minister Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman delivered his messages at the closing of prison reform colloquium in Kajang. MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: A police report has been lodged over the incident where the ashes of former communist leader Chin Peng was brought back to the country and an investigation is underway, says Deputy Home Minister Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman (pic).

"If there were any laws broken, we leave it to the police. They know better," he told reporters when met at the Parliament lobby on Wednesday (Nov 27).

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