Amended law may usurp Ruler’s power, says Tunku Laksamana


ALOR SETAR: Tunku Laksamana Kedah Tunku Mansor Tunku Kassim lodged a police report over the Kedah State Assem-bly's amending of an enactment to give absolute power to the state mufti and fatwa committee.

“I am making this report because I fear the enactment will usurp the powers of the Sultan of Kedah, who is the head of Islam in the state,” he said after lodging the report at the Alor Setar police headquarters at 9.30am here yesterday.

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