“I hope other MPs will support the bill after the government said it will not table it. I hope the government will ask other Muslim MPs to support the bill,” she said.

“As we supported the Sexual Offences Against Children Bill 2017 without looking at the party, I hope other Muslims MPs will support the bill,” she said at the Parliament entrance today.

Asked if PAS felt cheated by the government which had earlier said it would table the bill, she said they were used to being kicked around.

“For us, we are used to this. Kicked around. So for me the rakyat will evaluate. We have a clear mission to save the country,” she told reporters.

She said the present laws had failed to solve existing problems.

As an example, she estimated there were about half a million children born out of wedlock.

“No matter what, we will continue with the bill,” she said.