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Kelantan’s shariah law amendments being finalised

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Kelantan’s shariah law amendments being finalised

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26, 2026: The Kelantan Assembly Meeting has been postponed to Aug 11 to 13 for the state government to finalise its shariah law amendments.

By right, non-Muslims should not fear the law as it should, rightly, cover only Muslims.

However, there is a gray area when a crime is committed jointly by Muslims and non-Muslims. Will non-Muslims then be charged under the syariah law or the Penal Code?

That, multi-racial and multi-religious Malaysians need to ponder.

The Government (read as Jakim or the religious departments) has a history of twisted enforcement - like the conversion of minors to Muslim - when the Federal Constitution is clear about the religious rights of the minors must be carried out with the consent of both parents.

So, multi-racial and multi-religious Malaysians, think and choose very carefully when you go to the polls in coming state and federal elections (GE16).

Vote for politicians who can form a government, be it a unity government, that can represent and guarantee the Constitutional rights of all Malaysians.

So, can the racial and religious bigoted Barisan Nasional (BN)-Umno pencuri-pencuri (thieves), including MCA and MIC fulfil protecting your rights and the Federal Constitution working with the Taliban-like PAS?

And, Terengganu has already imposed the syariah law public caning.

Vote at your peril.

No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report on PAS finalising the syariah law amendments:

Kelantan assembly meeting delayed to finalise shariah law amendments

FMT Reporters

The four-day meeting initially scheduled to begin tomorrow will now be held from Aug 11 to 13.

The postponement of the state assembly meeting was made at the Kelantan government’s request, said speaker Amar Abdullah. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: The Kelantan assembly’s four-day meeting scheduled to begin tomorrow has been postponed to allow the state government to finalise proposed amendments to its shariah criminal enactment.

Assembly speaker Amar Abdullah said the postponement was made at the state government’s request and the meeting will now be held from Aug 11 to 13, Sinar Harian reported.

“The government requested the postponement to finalise (amendments) to the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code (I) Enactment 2019,” he was quoted as saying.

Earlier this month, Kelantan menteri besar Nassuruddin Daud said the government intended to table amendments involving 16 provisions in the enactment at the next assembly meeting.

He said the proposed amendments had already been approved by the state executive council.

In an 8-1 majority decision on Feb 9, 2024, the Federal Court struck down 16 provisions under the Kelantan enactment on grounds that they were unconstitutional.

The court ruled that the Kelantan assembly had no power to enact the provisions as they dealt with offences that fell under Parliament’s authority to enact federal criminal laws.

The challenge was brought by Kelantan-born lawyer Nik Elin Zurina Nik Abdul Rashid and her daughter, Tengku Yasmin Nastasha Tengku Abdul Rahman.

Public caning in Terengganu over syariah offence sparks tensions

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Carpenter Mohd Affendi Awang being escorted by prison officers to a room at a mosque in Kuala Terengganu to receive six lashes for a syariah offence.

 ST PHOTO: AZRIL ANNUAR

Published Dec 27, 2024, 08:00 PM

Updated Dec 28, 2024, 09:59 PM

 

KUALA TERENGGANU – The public caning of a man over an offence under syariah law in Terengganu, a Malaysian state ruled by the country’s main Islamist party, has sparked tensions between conservative Muslims who back such punishments and rights groups that said federal law was broken.

Mohd Affendi Awang, 42, a carpenter, was caned six times at a mosque in the Terengganu capital on Dec 27 for the Islamic crime of close proximity with a non-family member of the opposite sex.

His punishment was witnessed by 70 pre-selected individuals – government officers, members of the media and representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

It was only the second time that the east coast state had carried out public caning under its syariah law.

In September 2018, two women were publicly caned after they were convicted of attempting to have lesbian sex in a car.

The carpenter’s caning has once again brought into the spotlight Malaysia’s dual-track justice system – comprising the civil court and the syariah court – which has confused non-Muslims navigating inter-religious marriages.

The case also highlighted the power of the country’s 13 state legislatures to enact their own laws, as long as the Federal Constitution is not violated.

Analysts expect the caning to reverberate into mainstream politics as Terengganu is ruled by Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), which has the most number of lawmakers in the federal Parliament.

PAS controls the legislatures of the Malay-Muslim majority states of Terengganu, Kelantan, Kedah and Perlis.

Kedah MB Sanusi’s racist remarks for Umno, MCA and MIC

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Sanusi who campaigned for Barisan Nasional (Umno, MCA and MIC) in Negri Sembilan on Thursday.-  File pic, not from the ceramah.

Kedah MB Sanusi’s racist remarks for Umno, MCA and MIC

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/07/24/probe-sanusi-s-remarks-on-loyalty-of-chinese-and-indians-says-mp (Sanusi’s remarks)

https://www.tiktok.com/@jabatanintegritirakyat/video/7666156647378603272 (Siti Kasim on anti-non-Malays)

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1561976848206396 (Anwar slams Sanusi over remarks on loyalty of non-Malays The prime minister says the Malaysian Chinese and Malaysian Indian communities)

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Hadi Awang’s Daughter-in-Law Is Chinese — Stop the Pendatang Rhetoric Madness

26 July, 2026

 

Malaysia Is for Malaysians.

Suddenly Mahathir’s roots in Kerala become relevant. Sanusi’s grandfather from China is whispered about. Zahid Hamidi’s father from Yogyakarta is noted. Some can even be traced to Taiwan or Yunnan.

The list is endless and the point is always the same: create distance, manufacture suspicion, and extract political capital.

When does this end?

Malaysians only have Malaysia. The people being labelled were born here. They will die here. This is their motherland. There is no mass return ticket to India, China, Indonesia or anywhere else.

Treating citizens as temporary guests is not patriotism. It is political arson.

Suffering is not exclusive to any one community.

When one group is struggling, others are too.

The claim that an entire community is rich because a handful of individuals succeeded is lazy and dishonest.

31.5% of Chinese households and 45.5% of Indian households are B40.

38.6% of Chinese households and 38.5% of Indian households are M40.

These are not the numbers of a privileged class living off others.

They are the numbers of ordinary Malaysians facing the same cost-of-living pressures as everyone else.

Look at public university intake. Chinese and Indian students combined made up only about 11% of the latest intake despite comprising roughly 30% of the population and contributing disproportionately to the tax base.

That is not “dominance.” That is under-representation dressed up as grievance.

Look at the money. Non-Islamic houses of worship — Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist, Christian — share a total of RM50 million a year.

That is one-quarter of the RM200 million Malaysia has spent on international aid in a comparable period. Priorities are revealed by budgets, not by speeches.

The wealth of certain communities was not stolen by minorities. It has been extracted, concentrated, and protected by elite networks that use race and religion as tools to keep their own communities divided and dependent. The real theft is not ethnic.

It is political.

We cannot keep living in a recycled past while pretending it is national defence.

The people born on this soil, who pay taxes here, raise children here, and will be buried here, are Malaysians.

Full stop.

Malaysia is for Malaysians. The rest is election theatre, and it is long past time the audience stopped clapping.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26, 2026: View the above Free Malaysia Today video link on PAS’ Kedah Mentri Besar Sanusi Nor’s remarks on Chinese and Indians.

Sanusi has threatened to lodge (police) reports against those who he claimed distorted his remarks.

A police report has already been lodged? Where’s yours you racial and religious bigoted Sanusi?

View the video link and form your own deductions how distorted can the remarks get?

And all Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim can do is to slam Sanusi’s remarks.

Why slam? What happened to the 3R (Race, Religion, Royalty)? Where are the police? As usual, no action and ignore?

No wonder racial and religious bigots in Malaysia, like Sanusi, have been emboldened to ignore the 3R and continuously threaten national unity and harmony.

But, when the Malays and Islam are allegedly threatened, the police and Government act swiftly.

No News Is Bad News reproduces below three news articles related to Sanusi’s racial remarks:

Probe Sanusi’s remarks on loyalty of Chinese and Indians, says MP

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DAP's Chong Zhemin says the alleged statement by the PN election director risks fuelling hostility between the communities and threatens national harmony.

Kampar MP Chong Zhemin said PN election director Sanusi Nor’s alleged statement at a ceramah in Jempol last night was insulting to millions of Malaysians of Chinese and Indian descent.

PETALING JAYA: A DAP MP has called on the authorities to investigate alleged remarks by Perikatan Nasional election director Sanusi Nor that Malaysian Chinese and Indians have other countries whereas “the Malays only have Tanah Melayu”.

Kampar MP Chong Zhemin said Sanusi’s alleged statement at a ceramah in Jempol, Negeri Sembilan, last night was insulting to millions of Malaysians of Chinese and Indian descent who were born, raised, and built their lives in the country.

Chong accused Sanusi, who is also the Kedah menteri besar, of using race relations as an election strategy, and warned that such rhetoric could foster hostility between communities and threaten national harmony.

“He is taking Malaysian politics in a highly dangerous direction by dividing citizens between those he claims have only one country and those portrayed as having another country elsewhere,” he said in a statement.

“We are not citizens of China or India. We are citizens of Malaysia. We have only one country, live under one Jalur Gemilang, and pledge our loyalty to Malaysia alone.

“Our ancestors helped build this nation. Generation after generation has worked, paid taxes, served society, and defended Malaysia’s interests.

“No political leader has the right to question our loyalty or claim that we belong to another country merely because of our ethnicity or skin colour.”

Chong also called on Barisan Nasional leaders, particularly those from MCA and MIC, to clarify their positions as the remarks were allegedly made at a joint BN-PN political rally.

He said remaining silent in the face of such rhetoric would only create more space for political extremism to grow.

He also called on Sanusi to withdraw his remarks and apologise.

Sanusi claims remarks distorted, threatens legal action

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The PN leader says his statement was based on historical facts and had been deliberately manipulated by certain quarters.

PN election director Sanusi Nor said he will file counter reports against those who file police reports against him.

PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional election director Sanusi Nor says his remarks at a ceramah on Thursday had been distorted by certain quarters for political gain, threatening to take legal action against those responsible for doing so.

Sanusi maintained that his statement was based on historical facts and had been deliberately manipulated, Berita Harian reported.

“I only stated facts. Anyone who manipulates this issue for political purposes, I will sue. I will also lodge a police report and take legal action to set the record straight.

“The details were clear. People deliberately manipulated it by taking only part of what I said, adding their own interpretation and then turning it into an issue.

“Surely people understand Bahasa Melayu. It is being sensationalised to gain political mileage and tarnish my reputation,” he was quoted as saying.

At a ceramah on Thursday night, Sanusi allegedly said “Tanah Melayu” is the only homeland for the Malays, unlike other ethnic groups, suggesting that the Chinese and Indians could fall back on their ancestral homelands outside Malaysia.

This led to the Kedah menteri besar being criticised by various DAP leaders as well as MIC president SA Vigneswaran, who called for Barisan Nasional to review its Negeri Sembilan election pact with PN.

Sanusi also warned against lodging police reports against him over his remarks, saying he would file a counter report if his remarks continued to be misrepresented.


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Malaysian police receive report against Sanusi over race-linked campaign remarks

The Kedah chief minister says Malaysian Chinese and Indians have other homelands whereas the Malays have only Malaysia


 


The Star

Published: 10:49am, 26 Jul 2026

Malaysian police have received a report against Perikatan Nasional election director Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor over remarks allegedly made during a speech while campaigning for the Negeri Sembilan election.

Negeri Sembilan police chief Alzafny Ahmad said the report was lodged by a 40-year-old man at the Bandar Seri Jempol police station on Friday.

“The complainant was unhappy with a news report published by an online portal regarding a speech by the Kedah chief minister,” he said in a statement on Sunday.

“The case is being investigated under Section 505 of the Penal Code for making statements conducive to public mischief.”

DCP Alzafny said the investigation was also being carried out under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act for the improper use of network facilities or services.

 

 

Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor speaks at a Barisan Nasional rally on Saturday. Photo: Facebook/N24MuhammadSanusiMdNor


“Chinese have China, Indians have India, Malays only have Tanah Melayu,” Sanusi said at a rally on Thursday, according to news portal Malaysiakini, using the term for “Malay homeland”.

His remarks raised an uproar across the political divide in the multi-ethnic country.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim called Sanusi’s comments unacceptable, saying that all Malaysians who upheld the constitution and contributed to the nation should be embraced, the New Straits Times reported.

While Malays were historically associated with Tanah Melayu, Malaysians came from diverse ancestral backgrounds, Anwar said.

“Malays, the majority of whom originated from Tanah Melayu, also include those with roots from Indonesia. There are also those of Chinese and Korean descent, and we cannot reject them as not being [citizens].”

Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi urged Sanusi to avoid racial and religious rhetoric during campaigning, according to broadcaster Astro Awani.

“Our country’s diversity is a natural reality, and there is no need to disturb that balance,” Zahid, who is also Barisan Nasional chairman, said on Saturday.

He suggested that the chief minister focused on managing Kedah’s affairs instead.

Pointing to Sanusi’s own ancestry – his paternal grandfather reportedly came from mainland China – Phar Kim Beng, a professor of Asean studies at the International Islamic University Malaysia, said: “The irony is difficult to ignore.”

“If Sanusi’s paternal grandfather could migrate from China, build a life in a Malay village and leave behind loyal Malaysian descendants, why should today’s Malaysian Chinese continue to have their belonging measured against an ancestral homeland that many have never seen?” Phua told Harapan Daily news portal.


 

Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi addresses Barisan Nasional supporters during a rally in Negeri Sembilan. Photo: Facebook/barisanasional

 

Negeri Sembilan’s state election will be held on Saturday.

Alzafny said police have received 16 reports related to election offences since nomination day and have opened 11 investigation papers.

Police have received 69 applications for rallies and other campaign-related activities on Friday, all of which were approved.

“Since nomination day, we have received 345 applications, of which 322 were approved. We will continue to enhance compliance monitoring and enforcement throughout the state election,” Alzafny said.

“The public is advised to continue complying with the law, respect the democratic process and give their full cooperation to the police to ensure the election is conducted in a peaceful, harmonious and orderly manner.”

This article was first published by The Star

Additional reporting by SCMP’s Asia desk

Saturday, 25 July 2026

Protecting the Tabung Haji pencuri-pencuri!

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Protecting the Tabung Haji pencuri-pencuri!

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26, 2026: Umno secretary-general Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki says: “Don't use TH RCI report as election tool.”

He added: “If the report had indeed been completed several years ago, the government should not have waited until the election season to make it public.

Isn’t this clear enough that Umno embraces pencuri-pencuri (thieves) who steal from the rakyat dan negara (people and country)?

And, the Umno party of pencuri-pencuri are still shamelessly lobbying to have their and country’s No. 1 pencuri, the disgraced and shameless former Umno president and prime minister Najib “1MDB” Razak freed, after stealing millions, if not billions, of Ringgit from the rakyat dan negara.

 

 

Umno’s political icon … a pencuri in Kajang Prison

 

Well, Mr Umno secretary-general, it doesn’t matter when thieves are exposed and nabbed! As long as they are exposed and nabbed, that is justice to the rakyat dan negara.

One thing is certain Asyraf! If the current Government is controlled by Umno, Malaysians will not see the daylight of those who curi from the Muslim pilgrims.

So, who are the pencuri-pencuri Asyraf and Umno are trying to protect?

Like we have posted many times, there is absolutely no future for Malaysians and Malaysia in the hands of pencuri-pencuri.

So Malaysians, when you cast your ballots in the next state and federal elections, think what the future is likely to look like in the hands of pencuri-pencuri.

Why are the Malays today still poor, living in socio-economic misery after 60 years (since Merdeka 1957) of governance under the Umno-led Alliance/Barisan Nasional (BN)?

Why is the Singapore Dollar more than three times the value of the Ringgit today?

That’s the future for Malaysia in the hands of the racial and religious bigoted pencuri-pencuri Umno! Continuous freefall into the depths of socio-economic misery!

Study the contents of the above image and judge for yourself whether they are factual and then ask whether Malaysia's future lies in the hands of the racial and religious Umno pencuri-pencuri.

No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report by the Umno-owned New Straits Times (no better than Umno) on what a mornic Umno leader says and want us to believe:

Don't use TH RCI report as election tool, says Asyraf

By Fahiz Ariff, Nurul Hidayah Bahaudin

July 25, 2026 @ 6:52pm

 

Umno secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki speaks at a BN campaign programme in Kuala Pilah, Negri Sembilan recently. NSTP FILE PIC

SEREMBAN: The Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on Tabung Haji should not be used as political campaign material during the Negri Sembilan election, said Umno secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki.

He said that if the report had indeed been completed several years ago, the government should not have waited until the election season to make it public.

He said that Umno was among the earliest parties to call for the establishment of the RCI to investigate allegations of misconduct and negative perceptions surrounding the institution at the time.

"If the (RCI) report is already complete, why is it only being publicised during the Negri Sembilan state election?

"If you want to release it, release it now. Don't wait any longer. Why only now?" he asked when commenting on the disclosure of the report.

He was speaking to reporters after attending the 2026 Mara Women and Community Empowerment Programme for the Rasah division here today.

He said he had never heard any justification that the report was allegedly delayed to protect Umno, as claimed by Parti Bersatu Malaysia president Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli.

Instead, he reiterated that Umno had been among the strongest advocates for the establishment of the RCI.

"We pushed for the RCI because there were too many false accusations and allegations claiming that Tabung Haji had suffered losses and that depositors' funds had been misappropriated.

"Tabung Haji is an institution that is very close to the hearts of Muslims. That is why we wanted all these allegations to be investigated so the public could know the truth," he said.

He added that if the report had been finalised, the government should make it public and take action against anyone found guilty, regardless of their position.

"If it is true that there were people who stole money, as mentioned by the prime minister, then take action.

"Don't simply play on public sentiment and create various perceptions among the people.

"In the end, the public will see this as nothing more than cheap political campaigning," he said.

In a related development, Asyraf is seeking RM5 million in damages from two individuals whom he alleges defamed him by linking him to the issue.

He said his lawyer, Datuk Adnan Seman, had been instructed to issue letters of demand to the two individuals over the alleged defamatory statements.

They are Amanah Central Leadership Council member Datuk Dr Ismail Salleh and social media account owner Abied Abdullah.

Asyraf said the letters of demand require both parties to issue a public apology, retract the allegedly defamatory statements, provide a written undertaking not to repeat the allegations, and pay RM5 million in damages.

"What does this Tabung Haji RCI have to do with me when I was among those who pushed for the RCI to be established?

"This concerns my reputation and integrity. Defamation is something I will never compromise on," he said.

Also present was Mara Council member Datuk Rosni Sohar.