Sarawak PAS: Tighten guidelines to solve drink driving
KUCHING: Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) Sarawak has urged the government to tighten the guidelines for entertainment centres, hotels and certain premises that serve alcohol in an effort to solve the drink driving problem. Sarawak PAS Information chief Zharudin Narudin said those premises could conduct breath testing (BT), whether using mobile or technological device, that could […]
Take away driving licences of drunk drivers
KLANG: Six non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Selangor have urged the government to impose drastic measures against drunk drivers, including revoking their driver’s licence to curb accidents caused by the group. The NGOs are the Kota Raja 4B Youth Movement, 99 Kebajikan Insan Selangor (Kesan), Kota Raja Parliament 4B Alumni, Klang Botanical City Community Rehabilitation Centre Organisation, […]
BOOZE BAN no answer
Snowdan calls for review of existing laws for deterrence against drink driving KUCHING: Awareness and education should be the way forward to tackle drunk driving, said Datuk Snowdan Lawan. The Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Youth chief said this when asked by reporters to respond to Malaysian Islamic Party’s (PAS) call to suspend production and sale […]
Ignition interlock devices to control drunk driving
KUCHING: The Sarawak Community Policing Association (SCPA) has called on the federal government to implement ignition interlock devices, believing this would be a much better way to control drunk driving compared to banning the sale and production of alcohol in the country. Its chairman Datuk Dr John Lau Pang Heng explained that when this device […]
‘Don’t be insensitive’
KUCHING: Another local politician has expressed his objection to Malaysian Islamic Party’s (PAS) call for the government to suspend production and sale of alcohol. Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang would like to remind PAS leaders that Malaysia is a multiracial, multicultural and multireligious country. “We must be sensitive to each other’s religious beliefs and […]
PAS’ alcohol ban call extreme
MIRI: Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) secretary-general Datuk Sebastian Ting has described the call from Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) for Putrajaya to suspend the production and sale of alcohol to curb drink driving as an extreme one, and uncalled for, in a multi-racial country like Malaysia. “Again, PAS has been insensitive and attempt to instill […]
