Minor drug offences to be decriminalised


TO solve overcrowding in prisons, Malaysia is set to introduce a new law later this year to decriminalise minor drug offences, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

He said the new legislation would be called the Misuse of Drugs and Substances (Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation).

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