Kelantan Govt Imposes Ban on All Forms of Entertainment & Loud Noise on Thursday Nights

According to State Local Government, Housing, Health and Environment Committee chairman Hilmi Abdullah, the ban is provided in the 1998 Control of Entertainment and Places of Entertainment Enactment.

“The ban is apt to encourage Muslims to increase their acts of worship from Thursday after the Asar prayer until Friday evening,” he told reporters after the state executive council meeting.

Meanwhile, he said the ban would be enforced because of several cases of quarters breaching regulations, the recent one involving an event organiser testing the public address system at premises near a mosque here.

Just last month, the Kelantan state government approved the Entertainment and Places of Entertainment Control Bill 2024 proposal, which includes increasing fines up to RM50,000 for offenses, such as unrestricted mingling and socialising between men and women.

Deputy Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Mohamed Fadzli Hassan had previously mentioned other improvements, including prohibiting entertainment activities that contain, promote, or include elements contrary to ethics, manners, and morals.