Following the passing of the Sharia Criminal Offences (Takzir) (Amendment) Enactment 2022 by the State Legislative Assembly (DUN), women acting as males, shamanism, and the practice of witchcraft will all be considered Syariah offences in Terengganu.
The revision impacted Sections 33A (women acting as males), Section 36A (preparing for sodomy), and Section 29A (pregnant or giving birth to a child out of wedlock), according to Satiful Bahari Mamat, the state’s Shariah Implementation Committee, Education and Higher Education Chairman.
Previously, he claimed, only males imitating women were subject by the law’s restrictions, not women imitating men.
“Before, there may not have been many instances of this issue (women dressing as men), but today we find cases of “pengkid” and other similar situations are growing more common, thus the state administration wishes to curb this issue,” he added, as quoted…