SHAH ALAM: An opposition Member of Parliament has been dragged into two racially sensitive issues involving mosques and over a plan to have street signs in Chinese and Tamil.

The issue is being played up by Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia newspaper at a time when race relations are frayed due to inflammatory remarks made by Umno official Ahmad Ismail.

The MP, Ms Teresa Kok from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), has denied remarks by Umno strongman Khir Toyo that she had told mosques in three areas in Selangor not to use loudspeakers when making the call to prayer.

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