KUALA LUMPUR: PAS' Bill to implement hudud only applies to Muslims in Kelantan, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said. Â
The Deputy Prime Minister said the Bill was not to make new laws but deals with the powers of the Syariah Courts to implement hudud in the PAS-led state. Â
"It is only to upgrade the Syariah Courts and the laws apply only to Muslims," he said after chairing the National Water Resources Council meeting in Parliament House here Thursday. Â
PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang successfully submitted a Private Members’ Bill to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) (Amendment) 2016. Â
The amendments, if passed, would allow the Kelantan government to impose hudud punishment, except the death sentence, for those convicted under Syariah laws. Â
Hadi's Bill had been listed as the last item in the Dewan Rakyat's Standing Order, but Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman moved a motion to bring it forward for debate. Â
The motion was passed but Hadi requested that the debate on the Bill be postponed to the next Dewan Rakyat meeting. Â
This is Hadi's third attempt to table the Bill in the Dewan Rakyat since last year.
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