PETALING JAYA: The proposed amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342) should include clauses in which punishments are imposed according to the magnitude of the offence, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.
The Alliance for Safe Community chairman said in a statement on Friday (Dec 17) that concerns over the amendment lie in the possibility of arbitrary imposition of the law, and not the provisions themselves.
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