Umno Youth wants federal law to regulate sales and consumption of alcohol

Umno Youth wants Putrajaya to introduce a federal law to regulate the sales and consumption of alcohol instead of leaving the matter for local councils to decide.

Its chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said the current decentralised arrangement made it difficult to regulate alcohol amid a spat of deadly accidents caused by drunk drivers.

"In the long term, it is time for the federal government to address this issue holistically by...