While Gerakan has filed a notice of motion at the Federal Court for permission to challenge the controversial hudud law in May, the Kelantan government had last month made a preliminary objection to reject it.

In an affidavit sighted by Malaysiakini , Kelantan state secretary Mohd Faudzi Che Mamat said the three Gerakan applicants Tuan Mat Tuan Wil, 64, Soh Hoon Lee, 68, Chung Mon Sie, 49, do not have the locus standi (legal standing) to initiate this motion as it is denying the state government's rights to implement the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code (II) 1993 (Amendment) 2015 (Enactment).