PETALING JAYA: Datuk Abdullah Abu Bakar the elder brother of Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar, was questioned by police for about four hours on Wednesday.
The Taman Lindungan Jaya Umno branch chief arrived at the Petaling Jaya police headquarters here in a black Toyota Landcruiser at 4.10pm and was questioned by station chief Asst Supt Mohd Khairul Zaman Wahab. He emerged later at 8pm.
"I am very tired. I just hope everything is going to be okay," he told reporters.
"They (police) asked me all aspects and I answered. They didn't tell me under what Act they were investigating," Abdullah said.
When asked to divulge details of the four-hour long meeting, including the questions asked, he refused to comment.
He politely thanked reporters before being driven off.
Selangor police launched an investigation into the Taman Medan church protest after the pastor of the church, Victoria Selammal, lodged a report at the Petaling Jaya police station on Tuesday.
In her report, Victoria detailed that she was approached by an officer from the Petaling Jaya special branch during Sunday's service at 11am and was told that several members of the protest wanted to have a word with her.
She met Abdullah, former Petaling Jaya Selatan Umno Wanita chief Munaliza Hamzah and another "man dressed in a red shirt and black songkok" after the service ended, though the congregation stayed in the church building due to the protesters outside.
"She said the man wearing the songkok was livid and ordered the church to take down the cross," said a source.
"Taking into account the situation and in fear for the safety of the church and herself, she did not want things to drag on and agreed to take down the cross at 1pm.
"After the protesters had left at about 2.30pm, Datuk Abdullah had told her that he intended to report the church to the PJ City Council. The pastor said nothing," the source said, quoting Victoria's report.
Abdullah's role or involvement in the protest was not specified in the report.
Abdullah had been embroiled in controversy over his role in the protest and his links to the IGP.
He has said he was acting as an intermediary between church leaders and protesters, who had demanded that the cross be taken down and the church relocated away from the Malay-majority neighbourhood.
The protesters claimed that the presence of the cross on the church building challenged Islam and could sway the beliefs of some Muslims.
However, many moderate Muslims, lawyers and public figures have criticised the protest.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the protesters could be investigated under the Sedition Act.
