Bible Confiscation in Malaysia a Mistake

February 4, 2008

Author: JULIA ZAPPEI

Source: AP

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ignZX5fP9K2a13AoxI8UpQRK_F5gD8UJVJA80

A Malaysian government official said Tuesday that customs officers were wrong to seize 32 Bibles from a Christian traveler, after church groups alleged that it was another sign of religious intolerance in this Muslim-majority country.

Juliana Nicholas, a Malaysian national from whom the Bibles were taken on Jan. 28, has been told she can go and collect the Bibles, said a senior official from the Internal Security Ministry's publications control unit. He declined to be named, citing protocol.

Nicholas was stopped by customs officials at an airport in Kuala Lumpur when she returned from the Philippines. The Bibles were subsequently passed to the Internal Security Ministry.