PETALING JAYA: Harsher sentences like life imprisonment or the death penalty are being urged for cases involving deaths caused by drunk driving. "This proves that the current legal approach is no longer sufficient to address the increasingly worrying issue of drunk driving," he said in a statement on Monday (March 30). "People who get drunk, drive and hit people to death should be punished with death," he said in a social media post on Monday. Muhamad Akmal also suggested a centralised death charity scheme which should be mandatory for all driving licence holders to ensure immediate assistance to the victim's family. "I urge that firm and commensurate legal action be taken against the perpetrator," he said in a social media post.

Source: The Star March 30, 2026 14:26 UTC