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After slap on wrist for PAS minister, MP asks if hudud will be applied equally

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Muar MP Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman has raised the issue of whether the government will apply hudud equally if it is implemented.

This is after what he claimed appeared to be double standards in the law when a minister was only fined RM1,000 for skipping compulsory quarantine while ordinary citizens have faced significantly higher fines and jail terms.

"Ordinary citizens who breach quarantine are fined RM12,000 and jailed up to five months. When it involves a minister, a different 'law' is used to save...

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