IPOH, Feb. 6 -- The Perak government will enforce a strict three-day ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol during the Ipoh Thaipusam celebration, with violators facing potential legal action in court.
Perak Human Resources, Health, and National Integration Committee chairman A. Sivanesan said the ban will be imposed from February 10 to 12 along the Thaipusam chariot procession routes, temporary traders' tents and area surrounding the Kallumalai Arulmigu Subramaniar Temple in Gunung Cheroh here.
While this is the first time the state has imposed such a ban for Thaipusam, Sivanesan said the authorities will no longer tolerate the act of selling and drinking booze during the auspicious festival in Ipoh.
"The sales and consumption of bo...