KL Moslems pose as Chinese

KL Moslems pose as Chinese

KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Moslems in Malaysia are resorting to
speaking in Chinese or reading Chinese newspapers to avoid arrest
by Islamic authorities for eating in restaurants during the
fasting month of Ramadhan, a news report said yesterday.

However, their act has failed to save them from being caught
by religious officials, who conduct regular raids on restaurants
during the month-long fast which ends next week.

"They try all sorts of tricks during the raids, such as
pretending to read Chinese language newspapers or talk in
Chinese," the Malay language daily, Utusan Malaysia, quoted an
Islamic official, A. Malik Masai, as saying.

Over half of Malaysia's 20 million population are Moslems, who
have to fast from sunrise to sunset during Ramadhan unless they
are sick or pregnant.