PAS Youth's proposal for syariah, the moral and religious law of Islam, to be implemented in Malaysia has the MCA seeing red. But instead of blaming PAS, the MCA slammed DAP for straying from its election campaign promise to keep a lid on the Islamic party's ambitions.

MCA questioned why DAP's MP for Raub Mohd Ariff Sabri appears to openly support PAS Temerloh MP Nasrudin Mohamad Tantawi's call for syariah to be used to deal with criminals.

NONEVoters who expected DAP to keep a lid on PAS "ultra-conservative streak" should now be disappointed, MCA's central committee member Loh Seng Kok (on the left) said today.

"What form of justice is served to the rakyat when in cases of rape, the testimony of four righteous male witnesses is needed under syariah?

"The burden of guilt is placed on the victim, rather than probing the perpetrator," Loh, who is also MCA's deputy chairperson for publicity, said in a statement.

"DAP must announce if it supports the enforcement of PAS' values on non-Muslims."

Loh said DAP's top ranks, such as Lim Kit Siang, Lim Guan Eng and Tan Kok Wai, must call up Mohd Ariff to clarify his remarks or "it will prove DAP gives tacit approval to PAS' theocratic ways".

He added: "Pakatan, in particular DAP, had condemned our MCA alerts that a ‘vote for DAP is a vote for PAS'.

"To convince the public to repudiate MCA, they were successful in using emotive strategies to belittle our party and suppress the seriousness of MCA's caution to the rakyat, which now is proving accurate."

Meanwhile, PAS Youth has issued another strong statement backing the use of syariah against criminals in Malaysia.

NONEIts deputy, Raja Ahmad Al Hiss (right), said Malaysia should follow Brunei, which this week became the first country in Southeast Asia to implement syariah and hudud.

"We feel that Malaysia is in a better position than Brunei and should have implemented Islamic laws first. This is because Islam is Malaysia's official religion, its main leaders are Muslims and have often championed the religion.

"The majority of its citizens are Muslims and more and more people understand Islam now, compared with decades ago," Raja Ahmad said in a statement.

He said Malaysia has no excuse and has had ample time to implement Islamic laws. He even warned the country's leaders that they have to answer to Allah for the power they wield.

"As long as this country does not implement syariah fully, according to Islamic rules, the leaders of this country will have to carry the sins of the rakyat," Raja Ahmad added.