PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association said it was only concerned with medical and legal issues and would not comment on religious matters.
"All we are trying to do is to let medical practitioners know that the present Medical Act, enforced by the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC), does not offer any protection for doctors to perform amputations," its president Datuk Dr N.K.S. Tharmaseelan said on Tuesday, following up to his statement last Friday that the MMA was opposed to the idea of surgeons performing procedures such as amputations under Hudud Law as it was against medical ethics.