Bukit Aman CID prosecution and legal division principal assistant director Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the five included parents, the complainant and attendees at the school function where the Muslim prayer was allegedly prohibited.

He also said that 10 reports had been lodged over the matter.

“We will call in more witnesses to facilitate the probe,” he told a press conference here today.

On Friday, a 42-year-old businessman-cum-political activist lodged a report at the Dato Keramat police station claiming that the Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) had recited Christian prayers before the national anthem was sung.

The man alleged that this took place at the school’s annual Student Excellence Awards ceremony at the neighbouring KDU Auditorium at 8am the same day.

In the police report sighted by FMT, the man claimed that he had received a tip-off from a “few anonymous individuals” claiming that the school had banned any form of Muslim prayer recitals.

Police are investigating the case for intent to incite.

The education ministry also said it had issued a stern warning to MGS which has refused to comment on the matter until police investigations are over.