IPOH: The government has beefed up efforts to combat the sale of illicit alcohol, says Dr Lee Boon Chye.
The Deputy Health Minister said incidences of alcohol poisoning were still happening and enforcement efforts by a multi-agency task force are currently ongoing.
"This involves the Health Ministry, police, Customs Department and Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry. "For the Health Ministry, our focus is more on the alcohol content," he told a press conference after opening a health programme organised by the Perak Chinese Assembly Hall Women's' Wing here Sunday .
"As for Customs, their focus would be on unpaid excise duty while the police and the Domestic Trade Ministry are more concerned with enforcement," Dr Lee said.The victims were three foreigners and two locals, aged between 23 and 73, including a woman. A total of 97 methanol poisoning cases were reported last year, with 48 deaths in Selangor, Perak and Kuala Lumpur.
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