KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Health Ministry has proposed that the government increase the fine for compoundable offences under Act 342 (Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988) from the current RM1,000 to RM10,000.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the revised figure has been submitted to Parliament recently and would take some time to be passed.
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