Conference of Rulers want amendments to Syariah Courts Act to be carefully drafted, says PM

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says the Conference of Rulers wants amendments to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (Bill 355) to be made carefully.

Speaking at the opening of the Convention to Dignify Malaysia's Syariah Law and Judiciary, Anwar mentioned that he had met the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, Chairman of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs (MKI), last week regarding Bill 355.