According to a report by Malaysiakini, PAS candidate Dr Najihatussalehah Ahmad said this when campaigning in Kampung Baru Jerlun, the only Chinese new village in the constituency, yesterday evening.

PAS commissioner Razman Zakaria, echoed Najihatussalehah’s sentiment, stressing that hudud would ensure the safety of the community’s women.

“Do we like it when ‘Ah Mois’ are harassed? Do we like to see our daughters and wives being harassed. Of course, we don’t,” he was reported as saying, adding that the Shariah-based law would also curb robberies.

Hudud made headlines again after PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang’s Private Member’s Bill was suddenly expedited in Parliament by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman Said last month.

With the tabling of the Shariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Bill 2016, Hadi seeks to enhance the powers of the Shariah Courts in exacting punishment on Muslims according to hudud laws.