PAS MUKTAMAR | It is now up to the Pakatan Harapan administration to determine the fate of the proposed amendments to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (Act 355), PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said today.

Speaking at the party's 64th muktamar in Kuala Terengganu, Hadi stressed that the PAS-led governments of Kelantan and Terengganu were ready to work together with the federal administration to further empower syariah law.

"Earlier, PAS saw room to uphold the Syariah Court as the core of legal implementation (of syariah law in this country), and thus PAS proposed amendments to Act 355 in Parliament in 2016...