Now that you’re in power, why hasn’t RUU 355 been tabled, PN asked

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PETALING JAYA: PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has asked the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government when it intends to allow the proposed amendments to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (RUU 355) to be tabled, now that it has federal powers.

In a Facebook post, Saifuddin said the federal government is a Muslim-majority administration, except for a few non-Muslim members, while PAS president and Marang MP Abdul Hadi Awang has already prepared the bill.

He said de facto law minister Takiyuddin Hassan comes from a Muslim party, the attorney-general is a Muslim, and de facto religious affairs minister Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri had been present at PAS’ RUU 355 rally at Padang Merbok nearly four years ago.

“The question I want to raise is when will it (RUU 355) be done? And if it cannot be done, why?” he said, in a dig at PN.


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