Avoid divisive rhetoric, respect all faiths, Kuching archbishop tells M’sians
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Simon Poh says Sepang Umno chief Noorazli Said’s inappropriate clergy joke was ‘hurtful’ to the Catholic community.
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In a Malaysia Day message, Kuching Archbishop Simon Poh said jokes that demean religious figures have no place in any official assembly in Malaysia.
He was responding to a viral social media video showing Sepang Umno chief Noorazli Said sharing an “inappropriate priest and nun joke” during the party’s general assembly on Saturday.
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