Cabinet to decide on whether to decriminalise attempted suicides, Deputy Health Minister

By RAHIMY RAHIM, MARTIN CARVALHO and RAGANANTHINI VETHASALAM

KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet will soon decide on whether to decriminalise attempted suicides, says Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

"The Health Ministry will be holding engagement sessions with the relevant stakeholders very soon to coordinate the recommendations from the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) to submit a memorandum to the Cabinet to abolish the offence of attempted suicide.

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