Nik Nazmi spends four hours at Jais, now waits to hear if he will be charged

SHAH ALAM, Oct 27 — Bersama co-founder Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad spent more than four hours at the Selangor Islamic Religious Department here today, giving his statement over the khalwat case.

Berita Harian reported that the former minister arrived at its headquarters here about 9.15am in a white shirt, black blazer and face mask, and left at 1.30pm.

“From the investigation side, we have given our cooperation, so we are waiting to see whether charges will be filed or not,” his Syarie lawyer, Muhammad Amirul Ashraf A. Ghani, told reporters outside the building.

That decision, he said, rests with the Selangor Syariah Prosecution Department.

Khalwat is a Syariah offence in which an unmarried Muslim man and woman are found alone together in a secluded place or in close proximity.

Muhammad Amirul Ashraf said his client’s appearance was to complete the investigation under Section 29 of the Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995.

He said statements from Nik Nazmi and the woman linked to the case were taken separately.

Asked whether action could be taken against the person accused of tailing Nik Nazmi and later spreading a video of the episode, the lawyer said the matter would be raised at a later stage.

The department – better known as Jais, the acronym for its Malay name, Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor – confirmed through its director Datuk Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad that Nik Nazmi was at its headquarters, but he declined to comment further.

Nik Nazmi confirmed on October 17 that he was one of two people detained by Jais in Petaling Jaya two days earlier while with a woman who is not a close relative.

The 44-year-old has since been suspended from all official Bersama activities for three months.

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莎阿南，10 月 27 日讯——Bersama 联合创始人 Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad 今天在雪兰莪伊斯兰宗教局待了四个多小时，就 khalwat 案件作证。

据《每日新闻》报道，这位前部长于上午 9 点 15 分左右抵达该机构总部，当时他身穿白衬衫、黑色西装外套，戴着口罩，并于下午 1 点 30 分离开。

“从调查方面来说，我们已经给予了配合，所以我们正在等待看是否会提出指控，”他的伊斯兰教律师穆罕默德·阿米鲁尔·阿什拉夫·A·加尼在楼外告诉记者。

他说，这项决定由雪兰莪伊斯兰教检控部门做出。

Khalwat 是一种伊斯兰教法罪行，指未婚穆斯林男女单独在偏僻的地方或近距离相处。

穆罕默德·阿米鲁·阿什拉夫表示，他的当事人出庭是为了完成根据 1995 年雪兰莪州伊斯兰教法刑事犯罪法令第 29 条进行的调查。

他说，尼克·纳兹米和与此案有关的女子的证词是分别采集的。

当被问及是否可以对被指控跟踪尼克·纳兹米并随后散布该事件视频的人采取行动时，律师表示此事将在稍后阶段提出。

该部门（更广为人知的名称是 Jais，即 Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor 的马来语缩写）通过其主任 Datuk Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad 证实，Nik Nazmi 在其总部，但他拒绝进一步评论。

尼克·纳兹米于 10 月 17 日证实，两天前，他和一名并非近亲的女子在八打灵再也被马来西亚司法部拘留，他是被拘留的两人之一。

这位 44 岁的男子已被禁止参加 Bersama 的所有官方活动三个月。

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