(April 22): Police today recorded a statement from Datuk Abdullah Abu Bakar, the elder brother of Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, over Sunday's protest by residents outside a shoplot church in Taman Medan.

He spent nearly three hours at the Petaling Jaya police headquarters as the authorities quizzed him over the incident, which had received criticism from various quarters ranging from politicians, moderate Muslims, to local celebrities.

Abdullah arrived at the police station about 4pm, after he was summoned by the police this morning.

The Taman Lindungan Jaya Umno branch chief, who emerged later at 8pm, refused to elaborate on what had transpired during questioning, saying that he was exhausted from the process.

"I am very tired. I just hope everything is going to be okay," he said.

"They asked me about it (the protest) and I answered them accordingly," he added.

He said that police too did not inform him what he was being investigated for and under which act.

Abdullah later thanked the reporters before he was driven off in a black SUV.

Police have launched an investigation into the incident after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak urged them to investigate the protest and said that action could be taken under the law.

Najib said the protesters should have discussed with the church instead of taking action that could create tensions in a multi-racial country.

On Sunday, about 50 people gathered outside the new church to demand that the cross affixed to the building be removed.

The protesters said the presence of a cross in a Muslim-majority area was "challenging  Islam" and could sway the faith of youths in their community.

Church leaders later took down the cross.

Abdullah had said he was at the protest to try to prevent the situation from getting out of hand by meeting the church leaders. – The Malaysian Insider