The smeared surau wall, picture taken yesterday.
Negri Sembilan police chief Datuk Osman Salleh said initial investigation showed that the four Chinese teenages acted following misunderstanding with members of the surau.
“They played with firecrackers a day earlier and was told off by the people from the surau,” Osman told a press conference.
“This is not a racial issue or a religious issue,” he said.
Osman described the attack as a mischievous act motivated by minor misunderstanding.
Osman also attempted to play down the incident saying that the attack did not leave any major damage to the surau.
He said one of the suspects is unemployed while the rest are working.
Osman said the four would be remanded until Friday and are being investigated under Section 295 of the Penal Code for allegedly offending a religion, which punishable by imprisonment of up to two years.
The surau in Taman Pulai Jaya Seremban was found splashed with red paint early yesterday morning by local Muslims before performing dawn prayers.
Several broken liquor bottles were also found within the surau compound.
Early this year, two churches in Seremban were attacked following the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruling allowing Christians to use the word Allah outside of the Muslim context.
Firebombs were thrown at one of the churches, leaving scorch marks at its front door, while another church had one of its windows broken.
Two mosques near Petaling Jaya also suffered attacks early this year when pig’s heads were found within their compounds. Pigs are considered unclean and offensive by Muslims.
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