The New Straits Times
SEREMBAN:
The Negri Sembilan government has decided to appoint its lawyers to
appeal the Court of Appeals’ decision that a state syariah law
forbidding Muslim men from wearing women’s clothes in public as
unconstitutional.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said his counterparts in other Barisan Nasional-controlled states had agreed to assist.
He said the appointment of the lawyers was agreed during the state executive council meeting yesterday.
Mohamad said he had contacted leaders of other BN state governments to discuss the matter.
He
said the state government would ask for a stay of execution on the
Court of Appeals’ ruling once the appeal was filed in the Federal Court,
to return power to the Negri Sembilan Islamic Religious Affairs
Department to reinforce the law against cross-dressing in public by men.
“It is also important for us to file this appeal. Otherwise, this ruling will stay and it will lead to bigger problems.”
Last
week, the Court of Appeals struck down the state syariah law in a
unanimous decision delivered by a three-man bench chaired by Datuk Mohd
Hishamudin Mohd Yunus.
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