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Yo guys! I have just got this from The Star Online. Please tell me whether it is fair to prosecute this poor girl working in the entertainment industry.

By CHRISTINA KOH

IPOH: The Perak Religious Department (JAIP) will decide on Aug 6 whether to charge nightclub singer Siti Noor Idayu Abd Moin for dressing sexily and “encouraging vice” by performing at a club.

JAIP director Datuk Jamry Sury said he would wait for a recommendation from his enforcement personnel after they meet the 22-year-old at the department here on that day.

On July 3, the department detained Siti Noor Idayu and several others during a raid at a nightclub in Tambun here.

In a move that drew criticism from non-government organisations, Siti Noor Idayu was ordered to explain why she had “exposed her body” and “encouraged immoral activities” by working at the outlet.

However, Siti Noor Idayu had said she was not even drinking and wore a white sleeveless top and long pants when JAIP officers raided the nightclub.

On Monday, Jamry said the department planned to “advise her” when she turns up on Aug 6.

“We give plenty of advice to people, even to Muslims who drink, for instance,” he told reporters after the Perak Malay Customs and Islamic Council presented scholarships to deserving students at the State Secretariat here.

“We look at their backgrounds, such as whether they’ve done this many times, before deciding (whether to bring them to the syariah court),” he added.

However, Jamry agreed with Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria’s view that Muslims should not work in entertainment outlets, not even as clerks or cashiers.