Four arrested during temple 'demolition'

PKR activist S Jayathas, MIC Federal Territories Youth chief D Tharmakumaran and two temple representatives have been arrested for allegedly trying to stop the demolition of a Hindu temple at Jalan P Ramlee Kuala Lumpur.

They are believe to have been brought to the Dang Wangi district police headquarters.
They were allegedly nabbed while attempting to stop the Kuala Lumpur City Hall's (DBKL) demolition of the Golden Triangle Muneswarar Kuil at Jalan P Ramlee in progress this morning.

However, Raman Ramakrishnan, an aide to Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, told the temple officials later that DBKL was only trying to erect a retaining wall.

"It is not to demolish the temple," he said, adding that the temple had encroached into government land and the wall will serve as a boundary.

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