PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Women’s Action for Tobacco Control and Health has called on the Rulers Council to consider a request for a Royal Commission of Inquiry on health.
"It has been almost 20 years since Malaysia became a party to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2005, yet regretfully the government still does not seem to understand what exactly it has committed to," said the non-governmental organisation in a statement on Saturday . It said the recent revelation by Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni that tobacco lobbyists had stopped the GEG, was an absolute violation of the Convention that has brought about shame to Malaysia.
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