Long way to go for amendments


PETALING JAYA: There is still a long way to go before the actual amendments to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 sees the light of day.

A source who declined to be named said the move by PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang was merely to move up the controversial Private Member’s Bill among all other motions listed in the Parliament’s Order Paper on Thursday.

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