Smokers club members file judicial review to challenge smoking ban

Hafiz YatimPublished: Dec 31, 2018 7:15 PM | Updated: Dec 31, 2018 7:41 PM

In light of the no-smoking directive at eateries nationwide beginning tomorrow, seven pro-tem members of the newly-registered Smokers Right Club today filed a judicial review application to challenge the ban.

Mohd Hanizam Yunus and Mohd Laisani Abdullah, along with five others, named the Health Ministry as the sole respondent in the application which was filed by Messrs Haniff Khatri at the High Court of Kuala Lumpur...

UPDATED 7.41PM | They say the no-smoking directive at eateries by the gov't was against their constitutional rights.

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