A lawyer representing Jill Ireland today cited actions by the Home Ministry officials in raiding a Sabah church as the reason why a declaratory relief on the use of the word Allah for the Bahasa Malaysia speaking Christian community is needed to be given by the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.

Lim Heng Seng, who represented Ireland, showed news portal reports last week which quoted Parti Cinta Sabah president Wilfred Bumburing, criticising the ministry official's visit to the church and urging the church officials to not use four terminologies, namely Allah, Baitullah, Kaabah and Sholat.

“Furthermore, they advised the church officials on how to design a book on Christian teachings and what font size to use on the cover design,” Lim said in reading what Bumburing's remark...