Penang cops: Chinese opera shows not banned

Penang military chief Ayub Yaakob yesterday positive which Chinese show shows are not criminialized though suggested organisers to 'lower' a volume of a music during Muslim request times.

The informative shows, which are scheduled for 3 days, happen during a same time with a month of Ramadan, which began on Monday.

Upon hearing allegations which two theatre performances in Jalan Ah Quee as well as Sek Chuan were halted by police, Ayub pronounced he had contacted his group as well as found a allegations to be untrue.

penang crime military lim guan eng eventuality pc 260908 ayub yaakobAyub (right) pronounced George Town OCPD Gan Kon Meng had sensitive him which military suggested a organisers reduce a volume of a music during request times, which a latter agreed to comply.

The military had acted on reception complaints from a mosque committee.

"There is no ban, they are authorised to perform, do not panic," Gan toldMalaysiakini.

"There were complaints, even last year, which a music was as well loud, though you have talked to a organisers, as well as a problem is solved. you really do not wish this issue to be blown up unnecessarily," he stressed.

Chinese show shows as well tighten to mosque

In an unexpected move yesterday, military had reportedly halted two Chinese show shows in a heart of George Town, cla! iming th ey were as well tighten to a categorical mosque in a area.
! According to Penang exco part of Chow Kon Yeow, who was during a stage of a incident, military stopped a performances because it was being hold as well nearby to Masjid Kapitan Keling along Pitt Street.

"I do not assimilate because a military had finished this as a MPPP had released licences for a performances," Chow said.

chinese traditions 300607 opera"I have contacted a CPO as well as he told me there was no gauge to anathema a shows. The organisers, however, are fearful which their low-pitched instruments would be seized by police."

Dubbed 'Harmony Street', a area boasts of 3 categorical communities - Malays, Chinese as well as Indians - living together for generations.

The area houses a George Town Heritage site, where a ancestral St George's Anglican Church, Pitt Street Chinese Goddess of Mercy temple as well as a Sri MahaMariamman Hindu temple are located.

Last year, a group of Muslim NGOs expressed their restlessness that 'ge tai' performances were being held, which were creating as well much noise during request times.

Trash out a differences amicably

Meanwhile, State Gerakan Youth chief Oh Tong Keong pronounced he had negotiated with a police, who finally authorised a performances to proceed, with a recommendation to diminution a volume of a public announcement system.

Oh pronounced he heard about a situation as well as rushed to a venue, which is behind a mosque, around 5.30pm.

"I learnt which it was a mosque's leader who lodged a protest to a state Muslim religious affairs department," he said.

"Later, a message was reportedly conveyed to CPO as well as a military came to plead it a organiser not to ensue tonight," he added.

Ayub suggested all sides to lay as well as thrash out their differences instead of blaming one an additional when such problems arise.

He pronounced he would often contact as well as plead matters with Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng so which such issues would not be blown out of proportion.

"We can fight in a meeting, though during least, in a eyes of a rakyat, you must be seen to resolve a problems," he said.

"Of course, you cannot prove everyone, though during least, you can come to a little sort of agreement... after all, you are all working for a rakyat." - Malaysiakini

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