After a two-day debate on the elimination of drug abuse and trafficking in the country by lawmakers in the Amyotha Hluttaw, parliament yesterday unanimously decided to call on the government to speed up efforts in cracking down on drug crime, state media reported on 3 August.
The Myanmar Police Force will seek a budget allocation from the Union Government and at the same time it will expand organisational set up and amend the laws related to narcotic drugs, Maj-Gen Aung Soe, Deputy Minister for Home Affairs, was quoted as saying.
Dr Myat Nyana Soe, Secretary of the Amyotha Hluttaw Bill Committee, stressed the need to take serious action against drug traffickers as drug trafficking is leading to trafficking in persons, arm smuggling and money laundering.