Amendments must be in line with the Constitution

I HAVE previously written about the attempts by PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang’s to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 [Act 355].

Initially, the proposed amendments provided for the implementation of death sentences by Syariah Criminal Courts (SCC). Later this was removed. Its most current version of the proposal includes raising the bar of sentencing for the SCC to 30 years imprisonment, 100 lashes of the rotan and a fine of RM100,000.