The Kelantan government is mulling a demonstration of public caning in accordance with the punishment under the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965, or Act 355.
Kelantan exco Mohamed Fadzli Hassan said the demonstration is intended to promote understanding on how the punishment is carried out.
"We are studying on demonstrating how public caning in Islam (is carried out) so as to promote understanding and correct perception.
"The punishment is only to educate... not to hurt," he told journalists after a forum in Kuala Lumpur today.
The proposal comes amid attempts by PAS to amend Act 355.
The amendment seeks to increase the punishment that can be meted out by the Syariah courts from three years imprisonment, RM5,000 fine and six strokes of the rotan to 30 years imprisonment, RM100,000 fine and 100 strokes of the rotan.
Mohamed Fadzli complained that there are those who were out to paint PAS' efforts as being obsessed with punishments.
"They claim that what the Kelantan government is doing is only focussed on punishment, as if Islam is only out to punish," he said.
[More to follow]
-Mkini
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