KUALA LUMPUR: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman's statement regarding the Federal Court's decision to nullify 16 provisions of offences under the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code (1) Enactment 2019, was inaccurate.
He said this in response to Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's claims that with the ruling, some acts which were against Islamic law would no longer be offences in the state.
"Muhyiddin is spreading fake news," said Fahmi, who is also the spokesman of the Unity Government, on his X account today.
Yesterday, the Federal Court, in an 8-1 majority decision, ruled that 16 provisions of offences under the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code Enactment (1) 2019, are null and void.
The decision was delivered by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who led a panel of nine judges, after allowing the application of Nik Elin Zurina Nik Abdul Rashid, who is from Kelantan, and her daughter, Tengku Yasmin Nastasha Abdul Rahman, to challenge the constitutionality and legality of 18 provisions of offences under the enactment. – Bernama