The Terengganu state legislative assembly has passed the amendment to the Syariah Criminal Offences (Punishments) Enactment 2022 to strengthen the implementation of Syariah law in the state.

State Syariah Implementation, Education and Higher Education committee chairperson Satiful Bahri Mamat said the amendments were aimed at improving the state’s Syariah Criminal Offences (Punishments) Enactment 2001, which includes the addition of four new sections and 21 amendments to the existing punishments...