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Malaysia won't prosecute fake Catholics

Malaysia won't prosecute two Muslims who pretended to be Roman Catholics and took Communion, a decision a church leader said Thursday undermines peace at a time of rising tensions between Muslims and the country's religious minorities, the Associated Press reports.

"The lack of action would appear to legitimize" the behavior of the two men, Archbishop Murphy Pakiam of Kuala Lumpur told the AP.

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