SEBERANG PERAI, March 6 -- Persatuan Kebajikan Surplus Pulau Pinang has cancelled its plans to hold a demonstration at a Hindu temple in front of Bukit Mertajam Hospital after discussions with temple representatives and police this morning.

The non-governmental organisation (NGO) chairman Sophian Mohd Zain said they held a discussion with the temple representatives and the police this morning and they have agreed to not go to the temple tomorrow.

"We want to clarify that we were only planning to visit the temple and to show the public the situation, where the temple is located but suddenly it became viral that we were going there to demolish the temple, this is not true," he told reporters outside the Seberang Perai Tengah district poli...