KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai has asserted his stand that PAS' Private Member's Bill which seeks harsher punishments to be meted out under the Syariah Law if passed in Parliament, is unconstitutional.
The Transport Minister said that the spirit of the Federal Constitution limits punishments under the Syariah Law to a maximum of three years in prison, a fine of RM5,000, and six strokes of the rotan.
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