Huazong urges govt to rethink move to curb sale of liquor


Compiled by JUNAID IBRAHIM, C.ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

THE Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia (Huazong) is urging the government to reconsider its recent decision to curb the sale of hard liquor in sundry shops, convenience stores and Chinese medicine shops in Kuala Lumpur, reports Oriental Daily.

Its president Tan Sri Goh Tian Chuan expressed worry after Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Ahmad Marzuk Shaary was reported to have said that the alcohol ban in Kuala Lumpur could be expanded to other states as well.

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