Cabinet approves stiffer sentencing for driving offences
Transport Minister Anthony Loke is looking at the possible reduction of the legal limit for alcohol in the bloodstream for drivers. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 29, 2020.
THE Cabinet has agreed to impose heavier penalties for offences related to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and reckless driving, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke. He said, for this purpose, three sections under the Road Transport Act 1987 – Sections 41, 44 and 45 – will be amended to tighten existing laws with harsher penalties.
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