SOP for Thaipusam celebrations expected to be tabled in early January after working visits, says Halimah

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JOHOR BARU: Standard operating procedures (SOP) for Thaipusam celebrations are expected to be tabled for approval in the first week of January, says National Unity Minister Datuk Halimah Mohamed Sadique.

She said working visits would be made in several states that celebrate large-scale Thaipusam events to better understand the situation before the government comes up with a set of guidelines for the religious festivities.

She added that the working visit was made on the instructions of the Quartet Ministers Meeting on Tuesday for the National Unity Ministry, National Security Council , Health Ministry and police to look at event sites before proposing the necessary SOP. At the four-hour briefing and exchange of views, Halimah clarified reports on her statement in Parliament that any processions for Thaipusam, which falls on Jan 18, and the Chinese New Year Chingay event in 2022 were disallowed due to the Omicron variant.

“What I said in the Dewan Rakyat was that in the prior consultation session, one of the agencies suggested that such events are disallowed for safety reasons.

 

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