Kota Bharu council’s fine on woman ‘unlawful, misguided’

A Bersatu leader has slammed Kota Bharu Municipal Council’s move to fine a non-Muslim female business owner over her clothing, saying it’s “misguided and unlawful”.

The party’s legal and constitution bureau deputy chairperson Sasha Lyna Abdul Latif, said the council’s decision to incur a fine on the woman for committing an offence under 34(2)(b) Business and Industrial Trade By-Laws 2019 was void...