00:00Foreign Minister Mohamad Hassan will be fined for recently smoking at an eatery, says Health Minister Zulkifli Ahmad.
00:09Zulkifli said officers from the Seremban Health Office would meet the Rembaw MP today to serve him with the compound notice.
00:17In a post on X, Zulkifli said Mohamad himself had asked for the compound to be issued and said he would pay the fine.
00:24The UMNO deputy president had been caught smoking at an eatery with a picture of him making the rounds on social media.
00:31Zulkifli subsequently promised that the law would be strictly enforced.
00:36Under the Control of Tobacco Product Amendment Regulations 2018, anyone caught smoking in a no-smoking area can be fined up to RM10,000 and face up to two years' imprisonment.
00:48Meanwhile, Section 16 of Act 852 states that anyone who smokes in an area declared as a non-smoking zone can be fined up to RM5,000.
