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KUALA LUMPUR: The chief of Malaysia’s only Islamic-run state has
ordered stricter enforcement of laws requiring men and women to
queue at separate counters in shops, a report said Tuesday.
Kelantan state chief minister Nik Aziz Nik Mat
said the laws were required to curb social ills like public kissing
between young couples, and to protect women from being groped while
queuing up.
The New Straits Times quoted him as lamenting
that the rules, which have been in place since 1996, are not being
enforced by department stores, and ordered the local council to fine
offenders.
“I see many regulations that we had introduced
but are not being observed, like the separate counters and the sale
of porn VCDs and DVDs which are still gong on secretly,” he said.
“We want to nip the problem in the bud. Other
shoppers are hesitant to step in and tell these people off for fear
of being reprimanded.”
Nik Aziz is also the spiritual leader of the
Pan-Malaysia Islamic party (PAS), which aims to turn Malaysia into a
theocratic state under Islamic rule.
-- AFP
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