Dr Lee: More bite in fines for companies found breeding Aedes mosquitoes


KUALA LUMPUR: There are plans to increase the RM500 fine imposed on companies found breeding Aedes mosquitoes, says Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye.

"The law can be improved if it was better enforced, but we are also reviewing the fine imposed on companies for Aedes mosquito breeding," he said when answering a supplementary question by Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (BN-Baling) in Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Dec 2).

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