Malaysia Strips Foreign Resort Owner Of Residency For Allowing Muslim Prayer Room Use by Buddhists

Malay Mail reports today that in Malaysia, the Home Ministry has summarily stripped a resort owner from Singapore of his permanent residence status in Malaysia for allowing the Muslim prayer room at his resort to be used for meditation by a group of Buddhist tourists. The resort owner was held for four days by police while the incident was being investigated. Civil liberties advocates criticized the move, saying that resort owner should at least have been given a hearing before the action against him was taken.