CDIC set up in Bau, more to follow
BAU: A Community Development and Intervention Centre (CDIC) has been set up here to support community-based treatment and recovery efforts on substance abuse issues. The establishment of the CDIC is one of the key strategies in Sarawak’s Integrated Action Plan for Dealing with Drug and Substance Issues (MIDS) to expand access and referrals for ongoing […]
No syndicate supplying drugs to students in Sarawak
KUCHING: Assistant Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Francis Harden Hollis has clarified that no syndicate was supplying drugs for free to students in Sarawak. He said that a news report entitled ‘Menteri Muda Sarawak dedah sindiket edar dadah percuma untuk pelajar” (Sarawak Assistant Minister exposes drug syndicate distributing drugs […]
Busy year for One-Stop Committee
KUCHING: One hundred and twenty-seven Integrated Operations/Intervention Programmes for Drug and Substance Issues were conducted by the One-Stop Committee (OSC) to address drugs and substance abuse issues (OSC MIDS) in Kuching district last year, compared to 100 programmes in 2019. Assistant Minister of Community Wellbeing Datuk Francis Harden Hollis today revealed that there was a […]
27,684 arrests through OSCs as of Oct 31
THE implementation of One Stop Committees (OSCs) has resulted in 27,684 arrests related to various drug offences in the state from 2018 to Oct 31 this year. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the state government noted that social issues had a direct impact on societal wellbeing with the number one top […]
One-Stop Committee monitoring aimed at curbing drug activities
BY BARINA NANI KUCHING: The mapping carried out by the One-Stop Committee to address drugs and substance abuse issues (OSC MIDS) is aimed at addressing drug and substance abuse activities in Sarawak. According to the Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, the mapping was generated through data […]
