KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 (AFP) - A mother and son were fined and
jailed by a Malaysian sharia court for committing incest in the
northeastern Kelantan state that is ruled by the opposition Islamic
Party (PAS), a report said Wednesday.
Religious enforcement officers had caught Hasmah Mat Adam, 49, and
her son Mazlan Yahya, 22, having sexual intercourse last month, the
Star newspaper said.
"When they reached the house they found it locked from inside.
However they managed to peep through a crack in the wooden wall of
the house," sharia deputy public prosecutor Suratemi Mat told the
court. He said the offence, which they both admitted, was "beyond
human decency and religion".
In addition to fines, Mazlan Yahya was sentenced to 20 months in
jail and his mother for three months.
Muslims, who make up 60 percent of Malaysia's 23 million people,
are subject to Islamic Sharia law which covers civil matters.
PAS has proposed introducing Islamic criminal laws prescribing
amputations and death by stoning to criminalise illicit sex,
drinking alcohol and renunciation of Islam but the government
rejected it.