

He noted
that there were 63,221 criminal cases in Malaysia between January and
May 2012. In Saudi Arabia, there were 2,699 cases for the entire year.
He also noted a statement by the Director of the Prisons Department,
Zulkifli Omar, that the government spends RM35 per day on a prisoner.

If hudud were to result in criminals not repeating their offences,
Khairuddin figured that the government could save much of the RM5.8
million it spends every month on the repeat criminal offenders.
He
acknowledged, however, that he was assuming that most of the 5,533 were
Muslims.

He quoted police statistics showing violent crimes rising from 14,811 cases in 2012 to 15,098 in 2013.
“Violent crimes and crimes against property are becoming rampant in
our society,” he said. “Therefore, it would be appropriate to accept
Islamic criminal law as the new criminal law in our country.”
Khairuddin pointed out that Islamic criminal law was in force in the nine Malay states before the Malayan Federation was formed.
“The fact is that Islamic criminal law is not foreign to Malaysians.
It has been enforced before and it will be enforced again, God willing,”
he said.
Source: Free Malaysia Today
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