KUALA LUMPUR: Various politicians continue to criticise Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over his recent statement in a BBC interview that there was a need to review Malaysia’s archaic laws so as not to be seen as punitive and considered relevant.
They said such statement reflected insensitivity and caused unneccesary debate.
Gerakan deputy president Datuk Chang Ko Youn said it was a fact that the law had to be reviewed from time to time to reflect the values of society as the law was a vibrant matter and not static.
“However, when you touch on sexual matters, you have to bear in mind that Malaysian society is not ‘progressive’ and basically, they are still conservative.
“Therefore, his (Anwar’s) comment has created unnecessary dispute and argument. It has to evolve by itself,” he told Bernama.
Gerakan secretary-general Teng Chang Yeow believed, whatever law that needed to be reviewed, must reflect the values of the society, by taking into consideration, Malaysia’s multi-racial and multi-religious values.
MIC secretary-general S Murugesan when contacted, explained that most lawyers believed there should be a review of archaic laws, from time to time.
However, he said feedback from the people must be sought before any effort to amend any of the existing laws.
“Not only that, you should not amend something just because it is not convenient to some people. As a lawyer, you will say review any archaic law but again, we are a Muslim majority country and there are other segments of the population with different religiious beliefs.
“Therefore, we need to take this into consideration before we make a statement on the need to review any archaic law,” he added. — Bernama
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They said such statement reflected insensitivity and caused unneccesary debate.
Gerakan deputy president Datuk Chang Ko Youn said it was a fact that the law had to be reviewed from time to time to reflect the values of society as the law was a vibrant matter and not static.
“However, when you touch on sexual matters, you have to bear in mind that Malaysian society is not ‘progressive’ and basically, they are still conservative.
“Therefore, his (Anwar’s) comment has created unnecessary dispute and argument. It has to evolve by itself,” he told Bernama.
Gerakan secretary-general Teng Chang Yeow believed, whatever law that needed to be reviewed, must reflect the values of the society, by taking into consideration, Malaysia’s multi-racial and multi-religious values.
MIC secretary-general S Murugesan when contacted, explained that most lawyers believed there should be a review of archaic laws, from time to time.
However, he said feedback from the people must be sought before any effort to amend any of the existing laws.
“Not only that, you should not amend something just because it is not convenient to some people. As a lawyer, you will say review any archaic law but again, we are a Muslim majority country and there are other segments of the population with different religiious beliefs.
“Therefore, we need to take this into consideration before we make a statement on the need to review any archaic law,” he added. — Bernama
- http://www.theborneopost.
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