Tue 20 August 2019:
Muslim preacher says it was ‘not his intention’ to upset any community as police ban him from giving public talks.
Indian preacher Zakir Naik has apologised for making racially sensitive remarks in Malaysia, a day after he was questioned by police for hours over the comments.
“It was never my intention to upset any individual or community,” the Muslim preacher said in a statement on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Malaysian police said Naik is barred from delivering public talks in the country, according to The Star newspaper.
Malaysian police questioned Naik for 10 hours on Monday about a speech earlier this month in which he said Hindus in Malaysia had “100 times more rights” than the Muslim minority in India, and that Malaysian Chinese were guests of the country.
Several cabinet ministers publicly called for Naik, who has permanent residency in Malaysia and has lived there for about three years, to be expelled from the country.
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Naik had crossed a line.
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