scarf fine
Some States have suffered constrains of revenue, due largely to the federal-erected barriers. So, they have to resort to whatever available source of income or to innovatively and creatively create some.
So, in Kelantan, any woman not wearing headscarves at their workplace will be fine of RM50 by the Kota Baru Municipal Council (MPKB). For the first five months of the year, 80 women, mainly shop assistants, were fined RM30.
Azman Mohd Daham, the council’s public relations officer, said: "We have been considerate for almost three years but it is time to impose the maximum compound. We hope it will create more awareness. The women were mostly found not wearing headscarves at night and during weekends as they thought that enforcement officers would not be around to check on them."
He said the licensing unit would continue to conduct regular checks at these premises to ensure that the regulation is adhered to. Kelantan under Parti Islam SeMalaysia (Pas) for the last 15 years had passed several rules and regulations which dictate the dress and behavior code for women. Many of these rules had not gone down well with the women. A resident, Norzakiah Ahmad, said it was not a good idea to force someone to wear a headscarf as it was an individual’s right. "I disagree with the council’s move. They should give priority to other areas," said the 45-year-old housewife.
What to do? No project, no income. So, have to be innovative and creative to seek source of revenue. At the same time, they are also 'educating' the women to 'behave' the way the system thinks its good and fitting for its people. The system decides to dictate the behaviorial aspects (of what is good and what is bad) and have taken it as an anointed 'duty' to police these 'behaviors'. Individual rights are now system obligations and the system had empowered and appointed themselve to be the chosen 'directors of health' presumably delegated by the omnipotent.
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