Three NGOs on health and children’s rights have gone to court to quash Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa’s decision to remove nicotine from the list of controlled substances under the Poisons Act 1952.

Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC), the Malaysian Green Lung Association (MGLA) and Voice of the Children (VOC) filed the judicial review leave application at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur on Friday last week...