00:00Law comes first. Always. The Prime Minister has made it plain. No house of worship stands above
00:08the law. Land ownership matters. Planning approval matters. That principle protects every faith
00:15because it binds every faith. The anxiety we see today is not a rejection of law.
00:20It is a fear of uneven enforcement. Past demolitions, mixed signals, rushed action,
00:26those memories linger. This issue did not appear overnight. It grew over decades. Old shrines,
00:34shifting land titles, development that outpaced records, councils inherited confusion. So
00:40enforcement must now be firm and disciplined. Pause demolition where talks are ongoing. Publish
00:48clear national standards. Apply them evenly across districts. When rules are visible, trust grows.
00:56Set objective criteria for regularization. Long-term use, basic safety, no obstruction to public
01:03infrastructure. That is not compromise. That is governance. Where history matters, assess it
01:10properly. Protect heritage while decisions are made. A nation should not erase its own story in haste.
01:17And let us be clear. Law enforcement belongs to institutions, not crowds. Citizens must not take
01:25matters into their own hands. Campaigns that weaponize race or religion cross a dangerous
01:31line. Peaceful assembly is protected. Racial hostility is not.
01:37This is how a government proves strength. Not through noise, but through steady enforcement. Anwar Ibrahim did not
01:47create this problem. He chose to confront it.
01:50Putrajaya must define the rules clearly. Councils must implement them consistently. Malaysia can then
01:58resolve this decades-old dispute without tearing at its social fabric. Firm law, calm execution, equal
02:05application. That is how trust holds. That is how stability grows. That is how the government wins.
02:14For a deeper understanding of what this moment requires, read the opinion piece by Frankie D'Cruz,
02:21Law Must Lead on Houses of Worship.
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