In Kota Baharu, Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said the PAS state government would ensure that hudud would be implemented in the state through the syariah court system.   

He said the state government was drawing up the Syariah Criminal Law Enactment (II) 1993 (hudud law).    

"When ready, the hudud law can be used as a guideline for the (syariah court) judges and they know what to do.    

"The hudud law is actually not cruel and it will serve more as a lesson," he said after launching the Kelantan Farmers, Livestock Breeders and Fishermen's Day at the Sultan Muhammed IV Stadium grounds in Kota Baharu today.    

The PAS spiritual leader, however, did not say when hudud could be implemented in the Kelantan syariah courts.    

Nik Aziz also reiterated that he was prepared to see DAP leave the opposition pact if it disagreed with the hudud plan, and that he would not be attending the opposition pact's meeting this Wednesday for health reasons.    

- Bernama