PASIR PUTEH: The government will ensure the court case involving Muhammad Sajjad Kamarul Zaman or Nur Sajat which has been postponed for more than a year, will continue upon the cosmetic entrepreneur's extradition to Malaysia.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Ahmad Marzuk Shaary said the case at the Selangor court was postponed due to several reasons including Nur Sajat's failure to attend the proceeding.
"The government has been informed that the cosmetic entrepreneur was caught by Thailand authority recently for various offences, including entering the country without proper travelling document.
"We are ready to continue to proceed with the case under the Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995," he told reporters after presenting donation to villagers at Kampung Nelayan Baru today.
It is learnt Nur Sajat is also being investigated under Section 10 of the Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995, after several complaints were made against the entrepreneur in 2018 and 2020.
Section 10 refers to the Syariah offence of insulting Islam or causing Islam to be insulted either by mocking or blaspheming the faith and its associated practices and rituals either in a written, pictorial or photographic form.
It carries the penalty of fine not more than RM5,000, no more than three years' imprisonment, or both.
Nur Sajat is sought by the authorities after the Shah Alam Syariah High Court issued an arrest warrant on Feb 23 for failing to attend proceedings over a charge of dressing as a woman.
The entrepreneur is also required by the police to attend proceedings at the Ampang Jaya Court over a fraud case involving MyKad details.
It was reported yesterday that police was applying for an extradition order for Nur Sajat from the authorities in Thailand.