A GROUP of Christians is facing a five year jail term after they were arrested for handing out religious leaflets.
According to International Christian Concern (ICC) police stormed the group’s hotel rooms and arrested four people for ‘disturbing religious harmony.’ The incident happened in Malaysia where ICC said conservative locals complained to authorities over the group’s behaviour. Police in the tourist resort of Langkawi Island then raided the hotel where the Christians were staying and arrested two men and two women aged between 27 and 60.
ICC, an organisation which highlights the persecution of Christians across the globe, said Malaysian police received reports from local people who were unhappy about the missionaries, who are all from Finland, before raiding the hotel.
Police then searched the Christians' rooms and confiscated more than 300 leaflets which they had planned to hand out.
The Finns had only been in the country two days having flown more than 5,500 miles before their arrest. [Daily Express] Read more
