Mohd Ridhuan is scheduled to deliver a religious talk at the Lundu District Mosque in the Tanjung Datu state constituency, about a 30-minute drive from Kuching, at 8pm today.
Chief Minister Adenan Satem (right) is the state assemblyperson for Tanjung Datu.Sarawak Immigration deputy director Hamfatullah Syawal Hamdan, when contacted by Bernama, confirmed that the Immigration Department had received instructions from the Office of the Chief Minister to bar Mohd Ridhuan from entering the state.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Sarawak Immigration Department said Mohd Ridhuan did not show up at the Kuching International Airport today.
He said he had waited for Mohd Ridhuan, who was scheduled to arrive this morning, but the academician did not come.
A source contacted by Bernama said: “The chief minister is not in favour of the presence of Mohd Ridhuan in Lundu tonight, and had instructed that the event be cancelled.”
Sarawak had previously prohibited the entry of several opposition political party leaders from entering the state, via Kuching and Sibu.
Adenan had said previously that Sarawak was tightening its immigration rules and stepping up the scrutiny of visitors from the peninsula to keep out “extremists, religious bigots and racists”.
- Bernama
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