KUALA SELANGOR - Younger and younger people are becoming entrapped in drug abuse, says Selangor Mentri Besar Amirudin Shari. He said recently there had even been cases of primary schoolchildren taking drugs. “We came to know of this about two years ago," Amirudin told reporters after launching...
11/07/2019 | THE STARPETALING JAYA - The families of Malaysian drug mules arrested in Hong Kong are urging authorities to provide more support for them, as it could help put an end to the syndicates’ operations. The Star’s R.AGE investigative team revealed that drug syndicates were recruiting young desperate Malaysia...
10/07/2019 | THE STARPETALING JAYA - The Malaysian Bar has welcomed the government’s decision to decriminalise drugs, saying that the effectiveness of the hardline prohibitionist approach is questionable. Malaysian Bar president Abdul Fareed Abdul Gafoor (pic) said these reforms were essential parts of a holistic dru...
09/07/2019 | THE STARKOTA KINABALU - A total of 27 suspected addicts were nabbed during a two-week crackdown in the Tuaran district. Aged between 20 and 50, they were arrested from June 24 to July 7, said Tuaran police chief Deputy Supt Mohd Hamizi Halim.
09/07/2019 | THE STARManila - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s narcotics crackdown has become a “systematic” campaign of abuses, Amnesty International alleged, urging the United Nations to launch a probe into thousands of killings. The drug war is Duterte’s signature initiative and is heavily supported by many...
09/07/2019 | THE STARJOHOR BARU: One of his tasks as a policeman is escorting suspects, including those charged with drug offences, to courts in the city. Then the 42-year-old policeman became a suspect himself when he was arrested for allegedly supplying drugs to the court lock-ups. It is learnt that the policeman...
06/07/2019 | THE STARKOTA KINABALU - A man who went to an interview for a police constable job at the Tawau police station was nabbed after he tested positive for drugs. The 21-year-old guy was told that he failed the screening before he was nabbed following Thursday’s interview. Sabah police chief Datuk Omar Mamm...
06/07/2019 | THE STARKUALA LUMPUR - Police have crippled a drug processing and distribution chain with the arrest of three Iranians. The syndicate is believed to be responsible for processing raw materials into recreational drugs. The suspects, aged between 35 and 38, were arrested on Tuesday, following interrogat...
05/07/2019 | THE STARKAJANG - Seven people on the police wanted list are among 46 suspects rounded up following swoops on drug dens in Kajang town and Semenyih. OCPD Asst Comm Ahmad Dzaffir Mohd Yussof said the suspects comprised 44 Malaysians, a Myanmar national and a Palestinian. He said they were being held for...
05/07/2019 | THE STARTHE recent announcement made by the Home Affairs and Health Ministries on the decriminalisation of drug possession for personal use is a bold move and progress that is urgently needed. Decriminalisation would break cycles of incarceration that are linked with the penalisation of personal drug use, w...
01/07/2019 | THE STARThe Malaysian Drug Trade : The Final Chapter - Jennifer* is determined to bring to justice the drug syndicate leaders who recruited her brother, Simon, as a drug mule. Jennifer is just one of several family members of imprisoned Malaysian drug mules who are helping Father John Wotherspoon’s campa...
30/06/2019 | THE STARTHE government’s decision to decriminalise drug addicts is timely. Drug addicts should no longer be seen as criminals but as patients who need to be treated and rehabilitated. The time has also come for the government to set up a national advisory council to review the existing drug policies and...
28/06/2019 | THE STARThe Malaysian Drug Trade : Chapter Five - FATHER John Wotherspoon, the drug-busting priest (read Chapter Two) has spent the past few months connecting the dots between over two dozen Malaysian drug mules. The cases came from different cities and countries, but when Wotherspoon started asking abou...
28/06/2019 | THE STARCOLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s president signed death sentences for four people convicted of drug-related offences in a decision analysts said is aimed at boosting his chances of re-election later this year. Maithripala Sirisena was elected as a reformist in January 2015, but has struggled to fulfill pl...
27/06/2019 | THE STARIN conjunction with the Inter-national Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking yesterday, June 26, Amnesty International is calling on the authorities of Malaysia to introduce legislation at the forthcoming session of Parliament to repeal the mandatory death penalty for all crimes. This wo...
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