KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) today urged the authorities to take action against those who issued death threats on lawyer Nik Elin...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality today urged the authorities to take action against those who issued death threats on lawyer Nik Elin Zurina Nik Abdul Rashid.
“As stated in the Penal Code section 506, issuing death threats is a criminal act that provides a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment or with a fine or both, if convicted. “It is alarming and deeply concerning to see continuous harassment, attacks and death threats directed towards Nik Elin, especially as they appear to be an attempt to suppress and silence her voice for speaking out against injustices,” it said.
of 20 Shariah offences under the Kelantan state law, arguing that the state legislative assembly did not have the powers to create these provisions in a state law, as it is the federal government instead which holds the powers under the Federal Constitution to make laws on such crimes.
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