KINIGUIDE | After taking into consideration the strong objections by BN component parties, Umno abandoned its plan to take over the controversial amendments to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdictions) Act or Act 355.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said it is now up to Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia to decide whether to allow PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang to amend Act 355 through his private member's bill...