Kuala Lampur, Feb. 15 -- When former Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad said ten years ago that the then Kelantan's Syariah Criminal Code (II) Enactment 1993 was null and void because it was unconstitutional as it created offences which were under the federal jurisdiction, besides legislating on other federal criminal law offences, he was aware that his words might upset some people.

But he was just being honest "about the real facts in terms of the Constitution and the law".

Today, he recalls what he had said then.

Abdul Hamid had then also believed that the constitutional issue would go to the civil court, saying:

"I would like to see what the Federal Court's decision would be." (See "Implementation of the Islamic Criminal Law (H...