Transport Ministry to consider tightening law on drunk driving
Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar is pictured in Parliament October 7, 2019. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Its deputy minister, Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar said this was due to the frequency of accidents involving drunk drivers lately. “...and we are ready to review the law regarding such drivers, whereby this issue has often been raised ,” he told reporters after visiting Muhammad Anas Mokti, who is being treated at Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital following a crash in Jalan Kebun, here, yesterday morning.
Also hit by the same vehicle was another motorcyclist, Muhammad Zulfakkar Borhan, 29, riding a Yamaha Nouvo Lc, but he was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident at about 7.20am.
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