The Customs Department has submitted to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim its report on how RM790 million worth of drugs managed to escape the attention of Port Klang authorities and ended up in Australia.
13/05/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESThai authorities have praised the Malaysian government for its efforts in combating the drug menace. Royal Thai Army 15th Infantry Division commander Major-General Chalermporn Khomkhew said the policy of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s administration to reduce narcotics abuse in the countr...
12/05/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESThe Sessions Court, here, yesterday morning ordered nasyid singer Muhammad Yasin Sulaiman to be referred to Hospital Bahagia in Tanjung Rambutan for mental evaluation. This was ordered by judge Nik Nasimah Nik Mohammad after hearing submissions for the application made by Yasin’s lawyer Ariff Azami...
09/05/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESSyabu and methamphetamine pills make up most of the drugs being smuggled into Malaysia. Narathiwat provincial police commander Major-General Anuruth Imarb said the drugs were initially smuggled into Thailand from bordering countries before being sent to Malaysia via Sungai Golok.
08/05/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESIn a secluded compound in south Afghanistan, Bibi Hazrato cries in dismay as a group of men hack down her poppy crop, enforcing a Taliban government order to wean the nation off the narcotic plant. “If you were working for God, you would not have crushed this little field,” the frail sexagenarian he...
05/05/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESThe lack of a legal protection framework, high job pressure and poor management of industries have allowed employers in some sectors to take advantage of their employees by demanding long working hours. This prompted some employees to turn to drugs to cope with their workload.
02/05/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESThe Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has urged all employers to conduct pre-employment and random drug testing to screen their workers and prevent addicts from fostering an unpleasant workplace environment. MEF president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman said drugrelated offences at the workplac...
02/05/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESSyawal was running his family construction business when he was introduced to a certain kind of “vitamin” to give him more energy at work. That “vitamin” turned out to be methamphetamine. The civil engineer by day and cook by night, took this after being introduced to it by friends.
01/05/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESThe economy is not doing well. The prices of basic necessities are rising. You are right if you feel that you are not earning enough these days. You need to work longer hours, or maybe get a second job just to make ends meet. All this, however, leaves you exhausted.
01/05/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESSingapore yesterday hanged a prisoner after he was convicted of conspiracy to smuggle 1kg of cannabis, despite rights groups decrying “many flaws” in the case.
27/04/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESPolice have arrested a man on suspicion of raping a 38-year-old woman who was found injured and in a traumatic state at Jalan Kamaruddin Isa, Fair Park, near here, on Wednesday night.
21/04/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESInspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said police were investigating how a massive shipment of heroin seized by Australian authorities had bypassed checks in Port Klang. He said it was evident that a drug syndicate used Malaysia as a transit point for packaging before the narc...
16/04/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESPrime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called for a multiagency investigation into how 336kg of heroin worth nearly RM790 million were smuggled last month from Port Klang to Brisbane, Australia.
16/04/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESMalaysia must review the current punishments linked to drug abuse and view it from a mental illness perspective, said the Malaysian Substance Abuse Council (Masac). Masac secretary-general Raja Azizan Suhaimi said the punishment for drug use in the country was enough, and the offence was no longer c...
12/04/2023 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESRM10 — that is how little it costs to have one's life ruined by drugs, specifically with drug-laced vape liquids. Bujang (not his real name), a former addict, said vaping marijuana-laced liquids was commonplace in his hometown of Batu Pahat, Johor. Bujang, who is now seeking treatment at a Narcotics...
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