Pubdate: Fri, 20 May 2005
Source: Borneo Bulletin (Malaysia)
Copyright: 2005 Brunei Press Sdn Bhd.
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Author: Arman Gunsika

DANGER OF DRUG PEDDLERS IN SCHOOLYARD

KOTA KINABALU - Drug abuse and distribution in Sabah have escalated to
a level serious enough to require the co-operation of everyone to
combat the menace, Sabah Umno's Anti-Drug and Social Ills Bureau
chairman Datuk Bung Moktar Radin said.

He said this includes the co-operation of school principals and
teachers to apprehend unwanted elements inside the school premises.

Bung Moktar said school security guards and teachers have the right to
apprehend anyone who has no business to be in the school compound and
believed trying to sell drugs to students.

Recently, a suspected drug peddler in Kinabatangan was put under
Restricted Residence for attempting to sell drugs to school children.

"If school security guards and teachers see anyone suspected to be
trying to sell illicit drugs in school premises, they have the right
to apprehend them," he said.
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