GEORGETOWN – A mother of two and an eight-month pregnant woman were among 19 Muslim couples detained here by Penang Religious Department for committing khalwat (close proximity) on New Year Day.
The pre-dawn raid was carried out from 2am on several budget hotels in Sebarang Perai and Timur Laut districts from
Department’s chief enforcement officer Khairul Azman Azizan said the 29-year-old mother had taken her two children, aged between three and six year-old, to the hotel room to be with her boyfriend.
“They tried to pass themselves off as married couple but checks revealed they were not married,” he said.
Khairul said they also detained an eight-month pregnant woman with her boyfriend after they failed to prove that they were married.
He said those detained were in their 20s to 40s and included students from the local higher learning institutions. – nst.
Datuk, nenek antara yang ditangkap khalwat menjelang tahun baru
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LOR SETAR: Pasangan berstatus datuk dan nenek yang masih beristeri dan bersuami serta mempunyai cucu antara empat pasangan yang dicekup Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Kedah (JAIK) di Alor Setar awal pagi Rabu.
Penolong Pengarah Penguatkuasa Undang-Undang dan Syariah Negeri Kedah, Syeikh Mohd Roshidi Mahmud yang mengetuai operasi itu berkata, kedua-dua pasangan itu ditahan di sebuah hotel murah, di Simpang Kuala pada pukul 2.03 pagi.
Turut ditahan dalam operasi itu ialah sepasang pelajar dari sebuah institusi pengajian tinggi awam di Kulim serta dua pasangan berusia sekitar 20-an.
Selain pasangan berkhalwat itu, turut ditahan ialah enam pasangan yang berkelakuan tidak senonoh di tempat awam.
Sementara itu, dalam satu lagi operasi di Jalan Batas Paip, Kuala Kedah anggota JAIK terpaksa mengejar seorang lelaki yang melarikan diri ketika serbuan dibuat.
Lelaki berusia 29 tahun tahun itu, bagaimanapun datang semula ke rumah itu apabila dihubungi pasangannya yang berusia 19 tahun.
Pasangan yang mendakwa telah bertunang itu tinggal di rumah sewa berkenaan sejak beberapa bulan lepas.
Mereka bagaimanapun dibebaskan selepas butiran diambil dan JAIK mengarahkan lelaki itu keluar dari rumah berkenaan bersama barangannya – astroawani
