I almost felt off my chair when reading this news. What our country has become? Now you have Religious enforcement officers going after non-muslims and worse … Kwai Low?

What is Khalwat? See the excerpt from the Women right website :

The conditions for Khalwat is provided under the Syariah Criminal Provisions Act, and the circumstances differ from state to state. Generally, as provided by the Syariah Criminal Provisions Act (Federal Territories), Section 27, it entails:
"Any man who is found together with one or more women, not being his wife or mahram; or any woman who is found together with one or more men, not being her husband or mahram, in any secluded place or in a house or room under circumstances which may give rise to suspicion that they were engaged in immoral acts shall be guilty for an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both."
This means that if you are with a man or woman who is not your legal spouse in a secluded area or confined place, being engaged in "immoral" activity, you can be caught for Khalwat. If convicted, you can be subjected to a fine, or be imprisoned or both. This only applies if you are a Muslim. In the case of Siti, if she and her boyfriend are caught for Khalwat her boyfriend will be released, as he is not subjected to the Syariah Law…
**Siti’s bf is a non-muslim.

The American couple is obviously not subjected to the Syariah Law. But why were they targeted?

Do we have to get to the point of giving crash course to all foreigners upon arriving in the country of what they should / should not do, their right and etc …

I.E. they should not kiss nor hold hands in public, understand they are not under Syariah law therefore Khalwat doesn’t applies…
All of these just because our enforcement officers are out of their mind?

While our Tourism Minister Tengku Adnan has the tendency to slam the media for playing up issues affecting the tourism in the country (snatch thieves, haze …), why can’t he turns to his fellow comrades in the Cabinet to stop generating new headlines!

Now, if our country is so bad in getting these officers to do their duty right, what do you feel about the recent recruitment of more Rela members? -eng