KOTA KINABALU, Sept. 14 -- Two Sabah leaders have called on Sepang Umno chief Datuk Noorazli Said to apologise over his controversial remarks concerning christianity and the Bible at the recent Umno general assembly.

Tenom MP Datuk Arthur Kurup said Noorazli's remarks were "highly inappropriate" and did not reflect the maturity expected of a political leader, while Tuaran MP and Tamparuli assemblyman Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau described the joke as "grossly inappropriate and offensive".

Kurup, in a statement, said political differences did not give anyone the licence to make light of another person's religion and beliefs for the sake of laughter or applause.

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