Dual Legal System Will Not Work In Malaysia

Tee Siew Kiong

 

Pakatan Rakyat has agreed to work together with PAS to establish a theocratic state simply so that they can achieve their own political purposes.

 

In order for PAS to achieve its goal of establishing an Islamic state, they make all kinds of empty promises to deceive voters, including the promise that there will be two sets of laws and that non-Muslims will not be affected by PAS’s hudud law.

However, PAS is slowly enforcing their laws onto the people and making them suffer.

When PAS came to power in Kedah and Kelantan, their implementation of hudud law has affected non-Muslims, with the most recent incident being when a Chinese was fined because his Muslim female employee accidentally exposed her arm. In Kelantan last year, the state government did not approve the applications for the Chinese community to celebrate the Hungry Ghost Festival, and have banned the sale of lottery tickets. In Kedah, the state government had closed down the sole pig abbatoir, and shops were forced to stop operations during Muslim night prayers and must be close by 3pm during the month of Ramadan.

All these have affected the lifestyle and livelihoods of non-Muslims greatly.

PAS excuse for saying that hudud law does not affect non-Muslims is that there will be two sets of rules governing the country, but if both a non-Muslim and a Muslim conduct a crime, will they be charged under hudud law? Is it reasonable? Is it fair?

There are some political parties which have supported PAS to make Malaysia an Islamic state simply to achieve their own goals.

They purposely portray a moderate image to the public and criticize their opponents as extremist, but their most serious and dangerous offense is their plan to replace the Federal Constitution in order for PAS to establish an Islamic state.

I urge DAP to not be led by the nose and expose this fact, and not work together with PAS simply for their own political purpose.

TEE SIEW KIONG is MCA National Organising Secretary