Muslim punters? Selective prosecution of the ruling BN government?
Why am I not surprised reading about theseMuslim punters nabbed in raid?
Everybody other than those close to the ruling regime will be caught for any petty crime but not the 'elites'.
My foot!
Hope that they (the ruling autocrats) will burn in Hell, forever!
The Star Online > Nation
Thursday June 9, 2005
Muslim punters nabbed in raid
KUALA TERENGGANU: It was an unlucky day for five Muslim punters here.
They earned the dubious distinction of being the first in the state to be caught for patronising an illegal four-digit shop since the Barisan Nasional came to power in March last year.
A 50-year-old man apologised profusely to the eight-member enforcement team from the state Islamic Religious Department but to no avail.
“I would be severely embarrassed if I were charged in court,” he pleaded with the team which raided the premises at Jalan Petani here yesterday.
Gambling outlets were banned in the state by the former PAS administration after it assumed office in 1999.
State Islam Hadhari Development committee chairman Wan Mohd Wan Hassan said the Muslims, aged between 29 and 55, would be charged in the Syariah Court under Section 22 of the Syariah Criminal Offence Enactment (Takzir) 2001.
If found guilty, they could be fined up to RM3,000 or jailed for two years or both, he added.
He said two workers at the premises were released after their particulars were taken down.
The raiding party, he said, seized a photostat machine, two facsimiles, five calculators and betting slips.
“We believe the outlet has been operating for four years,” he said.
The department was monitoring six other illegal outlets here and in other districts.
He said although the former PAS administration passed the enactment, they had never acted against illegal bookies.
© 1995-2005 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd (Co No 10894-D)
Everybody other than those close to the ruling regime will be caught for any petty crime but not the 'elites'.
My foot!
Hope that they (the ruling autocrats) will burn in Hell, forever!
The Star Online > Nation
Thursday June 9, 2005
Muslim punters nabbed in raid
KUALA TERENGGANU: It was an unlucky day for five Muslim punters here.
They earned the dubious distinction of being the first in the state to be caught for patronising an illegal four-digit shop since the Barisan Nasional came to power in March last year.
A 50-year-old man apologised profusely to the eight-member enforcement team from the state Islamic Religious Department but to no avail.
“I would be severely embarrassed if I were charged in court,” he pleaded with the team which raided the premises at Jalan Petani here yesterday.
Gambling outlets were banned in the state by the former PAS administration after it assumed office in 1999.
State Islam Hadhari Development committee chairman Wan Mohd Wan Hassan said the Muslims, aged between 29 and 55, would be charged in the Syariah Court under Section 22 of the Syariah Criminal Offence Enactment (Takzir) 2001.
If found guilty, they could be fined up to RM3,000 or jailed for two years or both, he added.
He said two workers at the premises were released after their particulars were taken down.
The raiding party, he said, seized a photostat machine, two facsimiles, five calculators and betting slips.
“We believe the outlet has been operating for four years,” he said.
The department was monitoring six other illegal outlets here and in other districts.
He said although the former PAS administration passed the enactment, they had never acted against illegal bookies.
© 1995-2005 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd (Co No 10894-D)
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