703 digital timepieces containing Quranic material without ministry approval seized


KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry seized 703 digital timepieces containing audio of all 30 juzuk (sections) of the Quran estimated to be worth RM230,000 in a raid at a premises in Batu Caves, Selangor.

The ministry said that the raid which saw the arrest of two individuals was carried out by the ministry’s Enforcement and Control Division after it was found that the timepieces did not have ministry approval based on the requirements under the Printing of Quranic Text Act 1986.

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