இந்துக்கோவில்களை இடிப்பதில்லை என்று மலேசியாஅரசு உத்தரவாதம்

இந்துக்கோவில்களை இடிப்பதில்லை என்று மலேசியாஅரசு உத்தரவாதம் அளித்துள்ளது. அப்ப்டியே இடிக்க நேர்ந்தாலும், அவற்றை மற்றொரு இடத்தில் கட்ட உதவும் என்றும் அறிவித்துள்ளது.

AT THE DEWAN RAKYAT: Guarantee not to demolish Hindu temples
By : Eileen Ng at the Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs:

Under a new policy by the Federal Territories Ministry, Hindu temples will not be demolished, said Deputy Federal Territories minister Datuk M. Saravanan. Instead, they will be relocated.

"We will offer an alternative piece of land to relocate temples affected by development," he said while winding-up points raised by MPs during the debate on the mid-term review of the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

Charles Santiago (DAP-Klang) had earlier asked the stand and policy of the ministry regarding the demolition of Hindu temples.

As an example, Saravanan said, there was an area in the Klang Valley with eight temples located in a small lane, which were affected by development work.

"We gave them a piece of land to relocate and it is up to the temples' authorities whether to build a large temple or maintain the eight at the new site," he said.

However, he stressed that while the ministry guaranteed that no temples will be demolished by City Hall under the new policy, it does not encourage any new temples being set up either.