Utusan Malaysia today quoted excerpts of an interview Anwar gave Sin Chew Jit Poh, where he said: “When Pakatan Rakyat administers the federal government, we would not implement Islamic laws nor change the current constitution to realise the hukum laws, though personally I do not object to hudud.”
MCA national organising secretary Tee Siew Kiong said the statement was simply Anwar “skilfully” giving “false hopes” to Chinese-speaking audience.
“Anwar recognises he has to rein in the support of non Muslim voters, which is on the decline, especially after a series of articles by another Chinese-daily Nanyang Siang Pau highlighting the worries of non Muslims over PAS’ idea of one day implementing hudud.
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