Muslim authorities have been criticised for not acting quickly to ban a senior religious official from telling audiences he saw a woman who renounced Islam transform into a pig.
Kamal Ashaari was sacked from his job as assistant imam of the State Mosque in Selangor earlier this year after making the outlandish claim at religious meetings and on audio tapes distributed around the country.
However, he continued to conduct talks on the pig metamorphosis, prompting Selangor Chief Minister Abu Hassan Omar to announce on Sunday that he had been banned from giving religious lectures.
Mr Abu Hassan said action would be taken against organisers of religious events who invited Mr Kamal to speak.
He said the Selangor Religious Department had been directed to monitor religious functions at mosques and elsewhere to 'curb the spread of deviationist teachings'.
Media reports said Mr Kamal would soon be appearing on national television to confess that he had concocted the story of the woman's transformation.