Monday, June 1, 2020

Minister urges gov't to freeze issuance of new licences for liquor sale

Malaysiakini

Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa has urged the government to freeze the issuance of licenses for the sale of liquor pending new guidelines and laws.
"Following drink-driving incidents with some involving accidents, it is reasonable that the issuance of new licences for the sale of liquor be frozen until new guidelines and review of laws could be made.
"The issuance of local council licence (PBT) must be stricter," Annuar (photo) took to Twitter today.
Several quarters have called for stricter laws to be imposed on drink-driving.
This, following several fatal accidents allegedly involving drunk driving reported during the movement control order (MCO). In some cases, drunk drivers even crashed into roadblocks.
On May 3, police officer Safwan Muhammad Ismail was killed on the spot when a four-wheel-drive, driven by a man believed to be drunk, ran over him when he was manning a roadblock at the Kajang Selatan toll plaza of the Kajang-Seremban Highway (Lekas).
A 44-year-old contract worker who was travelling home after sending food to his wife to be sold was killed when a car driven by a man believed to be drunk collided into him.
On May 29, de facto law minister Takiyuddin Hassan pledged to table amendments to the Road Transport Act in the next Dewan Rakyat session in July.
The proposed amendments would not only involve provisions relating to drunk driving that causes injury or death in Section 44 but also driving under the influence of alcohol under Section 45 of the law.
The government will also discuss with the Attorney-General's Chambers for fatal accidents involving drunk driving to be probed for murder and attempted murder.  - Mkini

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