Death penalty or no, police to push for maximum punishment for drug offences


  • Nation
  • Friday, 12 Oct 2018

KAJANG: Maximum punishment will still be pushed by the Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigations Department (NCID) when dealing with drug traffickers, even if the death penalty is abolished.

“If we look under the Dangerous Drug Act, there is a provision there that states that the court can punish the trafficker with life imprisonment with whipping of no less than 15 strokes,” said Comm Datuk

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