Police investigating incident in which hundreds allegedly performed prayers on road outside Juru surau


BUKIT MERTAJAM: Police are tracking down about 200 foreigners who allegedly gathered outside a surau in Taman Pelangi on Tuesday morning (July 20).

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the group went to the surau for prayers but were denied entry as the limit of 100 people was reached.

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