Bar Council welcomes Govt move to decriminalise drugs


  • Nation
  • Monday, 08 Jul 2019

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Bar has welcomed the government's decision to decriminalise drugs, saying that these reforms are essential to a holistic drug policy.

Malaysian Bar president Abdul Fareed Abdul Gafoor said the effectiveness of the hardline prohibitionist approach was questionable.

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