Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said any individual or group seeking to embroil any religious group or use a religious office to further its political agenda would face firm action from the Government.
The Deputy Prime Minister touched on the recent controversy involving Archbishop Nicholas Chia, the leader of the Catholic Church here, and a letter he had sent to an activist group, Function 8, reportedly to support a rally marking the 25th anniversary of the “Marxist Conspiracy”, when a group of people were detained under the Internal Security Act.
Teo said that three days before the rally, he asked to meet Archbishop Chia together with Presidential Council for Religious Harmony Chairman Goh Joon Seng, TODAY newspaper reported. Full story
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