KL Harapan MPs furious over hard liquor ban in city

Alex WoonPublished: Nov 3, 2021 9:01 AM

A total of seven Pakatan Harapan MPs have jointly expressed their deep disappointment and anger towards Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) ban on hard liquor sales on certain premises in the city effective this month.

“The ban on liquor sales in sundry shops and Chinese medicine halls reflects badly on the Malaysian government, exposing the government of Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob as intolerant because it does not respect the rights of its non-Muslim citizens.

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