KUANTAN: A new Syariah law that provides tougher penalties against cross-dressing in Pahang is not about punishing cross-dressers, but to discourage such activities from being rampant, says the Pahang Islamic Religious Department (Jaip).
Its deputy director Datuk Mohd Ghazali Abdul Aziz said that the Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment 2013 was about reminding the public that such social ills should be curbed for the greater good of the people.
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