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Zaid: Hudud covers everyone PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 28 September 2011 12:11pm
©The New Straits Times (Used by permission)
by Alang Bendahara and Mazlinda Mahmood

KUALA LUMPUR: Hudud, if implemented in the country, will cover all citizens regardless of their religion, former law minister Datuk Seri Zaid Ibrahim said.

Zaid, who is also Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (Kita) president, said it was impossible for such a law to be restricted to certain states or be applicable to Muslims only.

"It is impossible to have two sets of laws for Muslims in the country. People must understand that hudud is a criminal law and for it to be implemented, the Federal Constitution and the Penal Code need to be amended.

"If it were implemented, it would become a general criminal law of the country and be applicable to all," said Zaid after chairing the Kita central executive committee meeting at his house yesterday.

He said Pas spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat knew the facts well when he tried to implement it in Kelantan when Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was prime minister.

"Syariah is different as it is a personal law and covers only certain laws relating to marriages, divorces and inheritance, but hudud is a general law."

Zaid is the founder of Zaid Ibrahim & Co, the largest private law firm in the country.

Former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said: "Pas is never serious about implementing hudud. It is trying to only draw the support of voters, nothing else."

He said this after receiving the Monsoon Cup 2010: The Memories book from T-Best Events chairman Tan Sri Sabbaruddin Chik.

Abdullah said Pas would constantly change its stand on hudud.

"The hudud issue is an old one but, as far as Barisan Nasional is concerned, it is not ready to accept or implement hudud."
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