De facto Law Minister Nancy Shukri voiced her opinion on the PAS-led Kelantan state government’s push to implement Islamic hudud law, saying that such religious-based corporal and capital punishments would be “impossible” in Malaysia.
She said that the new punishments proposed to be introduced under the Islamic penal code – including death for apostates and amputation for thieves – would clash with existing penalties under civil criminal laws, and that implementing hudud might result in cases of “double jeopardy”.
“It is just not possible… In Sarawak, I don’t think they will get the vote for hudud,” she said outside Parliament today, as quoted by The Malay Mail Online‘s Shazwan Mustafa Kamal.
Nancy hails from Sarawak.
Her comments are in concert with those from former de facto Law Minister and current Minister of Tourism and Culture Nazri Aziz, who yesterday said the debate over hudud law and its implementation in Kelantan was being conducted by “stupid people”, as the proposed new law would run counter to the Federal Constitution, and therefore would never be able to be enforced in Malaysia.
“They are all stupid, whoever is talking about this from whichever political party. This can only happen if there is an amendment to the Federal Constitution.
“So why even talk or bother about something that is against the Constitution and will not happen? Exercise in futility,” Nazri said.
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