KUALA LUMPUR – The police said an investigation into threats made against Kelantan-born lawyer Nik Elin Zurina Nik Abdul Rashid has been completed and that a total of three reports have been made on the matter so far.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Allaudeen Abdul Majid said the investigation paper has been forwarded to prosecutors for further action.
In a statement, Allaudeen said that the three reports were investigated in accordance with Section 507 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
“One investigation paper has been referred to the Attorney-General’s Office for further instructions, while the other two are still under investigation. The police are seeking assistance from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to identify the owner of the social account involved,” he said.
He also cautioned the public against issuing threatening statements on social media, adding that individuals found in violation could face legal consequences under Section 507 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
Earlier today, Nik Elin said she was vilified to the point of receiving death threats following her constitutional challenge against Kelantan’s shariah law.
Nik Elin revealed to Scoop that both she and her daughter, Tengku Yasmin Natasha Tengku Abdul Rahman, have received immense threats on social media, including on Instagram, Tiktok, and X, following the Federal Court’s decision last Friday (February 9), which struck out 16 provisions from the law.
She said she has lodged three police reports over the threats she received.
Nik Elin added that she remains resilient in braving all threats and attacks, knowing that her act in initiating the constitutional challenge was the right move that did not challenge Islam.
In 2022, the lawyer and her daughter contended that 20 provisions under Kelantan’s shariah law were unconstitutional. However, two provisions were retracted from being contested by the mother-daughter duo last year.
Last Friday, the Federal Court struck out 16 provisions, including Section 14 (sodomy), Sections 16 and 17 (sexual intercourse with a corpse and non-human), as well as Section 42 (misusing halal label and connotation).
Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, in delivering a majority 8-1 decision, said the panel of nine judges maintained two sections, which are Sections 13 and 30 under the enactment.
Section 13 of the enactment prohibits the ‘selling or offering of children to individuals who are not of the Muslim faith or to morally objectionable Muslim individuals’, while Section 30 makes it an offence to use ‘language that has the potential to incite unrest or disturb public order’.
Meanwhile, the Federal Court also contended that the two sections dropped, namely Section 5 (false claim) and Section 17 (gambling), are legal. – February 11, 2024
