Actor Acappan denies converting to Islam

Actor and comedian Acappan wants people to stop spreading rumours that he has converted to Islam.

A report by Kosmo! quotes the 58-year-old as saying that a social media post which claimed that he had converted had shocked his family members.

“Please stop spreading these rumours because it involves my family’s dignity as well as mine,” Acappan was quoted as saying.

The veteran actor — a Hindu — , popular in the 80s and 90s, was pictured with four other men at a buka puasa event at a surau in Sepang.

The photo circulated on social media with a claim that he had switched his birth name, Samynathan Rethinan, with a Muslim name, Shahrin Abdullah.

“I only took the photos as a keepsake,” he was quoted as saying.



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