00:01The chief operating officer of popular burger outlet MyBurgerLab has apologized for criticizing
00:06the Turingian government's move to fine Muslim men who do not perform the Friday prayers
00:11without a valid reason.
00:12After getting backlash from netizens on X, Andrew Chong said he was deeply sorry for
00:17his remarks, acknowledging that they have caused hurt to the Muslim community.
00:22Chong added that he deleted his original posting criticizing the Turingian government's
00:26fine to avoid causing more hurt or anger, maintaining that he was not running from his misstep.
00:31Earlier this week, it was reported that Muslim men in Turingian who skip the Friday prayers
00:35and do not have a valid reason for doing so could face a maximum 3,000 ringgit fine and
00:40a prison term of up to two years.
00:43This followed amendments passed to the East Coast state's Sharia enactment several years
00:47ago.
00:48In response to the report, Chong had posted on X that if Malaysia is taken over by extremism,
00:53the country will become like Iran after the revolution and that the move should scare
00:57everyone.
00:58He was sharply criticized by netizens, while some have since called for the eatery to be boycotted.
01:04Dineshra Jareza, FMT
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