Setting the record straight on hudud and the constitution (MalaysiaKini 11 June 2016)
The writers applaud Harinder Singh for his effort to enrich the Malaysian society with more academic literatures by writing articles entitled ‘Don’t Let The Constitution Become A Tool Of The Few‘ published in Free Malaysia Today and ‘Our constitution – an undermined document‘ published in Malaysiakini both dated July 9, 2016. It is impressive that Harinder Singh managed to churn out two separate albeit similar articles in a day and the writers note the effort that must have been put into the articles. That being said, the writers wish now to state the factual inaccuracies latent in the two articles. Before doing so, the writers take this opportunity to invite Harinder Singh to read previous writings by fellow activists from Concerned Lawyers for Justice primarily in the press statements entitled ‘Hudud Reinforces the Constitution’ dated Dec 14, 2014 and ‘Hudud and the Federal Constitution’ dated March 22, 2015 published in Malay Mail Online and Astro Awani. Foremost, H...