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he BSM oices were closed to the
public during the holidays. Sinclair
Wong, the oice manager and his staf
were conducting a year-end inventory.
Shortly ater 1 pm, 20 JAIS enforcement oicers showed up at the BSM
oices, demanding entry and banging
on the glass doors, and trying to force
entry.
Wong called Lee who advised them to
keep the doors closed until his arrival.
What followed was unprecedented.
he JAIS oicers ransacked the oice,
seized 320 Malay and Iban Bibles,
and arrested Lee and Wong. During
the incident, Lee contacted friends
to alert the press, and video-taped the
actions of the JAIS oicers.

and representation in court in various
instances of infraction of their religious rights. I had the reputation of a
ierce ighter for the Church.
When I was arrested, I felt angry. Who
wouldn’t? But I thought of my position as a lay church pastor, chairman
of the country’s only Bible society
and leader of the Christian lawyers. I
asked a question which served me in
good stead on many a tricky situation:
“What would Jesus do?”

JAIS raids BSM Oices

“Right from law school, we were
taught that Islamic authorities only
have jurisdiction over Muslims. But
when I saw this bunch of thugs trying to force their way in,
seizing our property and arresting me, I was uterly shocked
and surprised that something like this could happen in Malaysia,” Lee said.
Ater being released on bail, the two men were required to report to the JAIS oices on January 10 to give statements. hey
returned on that date, but the seized Bibles were not released.
Life Together Leads to a Christ-like Response
As a lawyer, Lee Min Choon knew what his rights were, yet
they were seemingly meaningless. “As a father who is a lawyer,
I have been telling my two children to believe in the system
and that our l