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Police
in Malaysia have said they will release nine Christians
mistakenly accused of trying to convert Muslim
university students to Christianity.
A university security guard wrongly thought they were
handing Christian pamphlets to Muslims, police said.
Trying to convert Muslims to another religion is
forbidden in Malaysia, though Muslims may proselytise.
Members of religious minorities have complained that
their rights are being ignored in Muslim-majority
Malaysia.
The nine Christians, five students and four friends from
Hong Kong, were arrested late on Tuesday at Universiti
Putra Malaysia in Serdang, near Kuala Lumpur.
District police chief Zahedi Ayob said they had been
distributing questionnaires to other Christians, not
Muslims, as security guards at the university had
believed.
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