Kelantan is one of the states with the highest number of cases involving sexual crimes against children, said Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

This is despite the east coast state having its own syariah criminal code, he added, in response to Sik MP Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman’s suggestion that the country adopt syariah law to prevent cases of child sex crimes.

“He (Tarmizi) said the increase in sexual crimes against children is because...