Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said stern action could be taken against the organisers of the Future Music Festival Asia (FMFA) 2014 event in Bukit Jalil last week if it is proven they failed to prevent drug and alcohol abuse during the event.
He said the police were working with the Malaysian Stadium Corporation, which manages the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex in which the FMFA event was held, and local authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of six partygoers at last week’s event.
“The organiser should be responsible and they should observe the conditions given. The audience cannot bring in drugs and alcohol, and that was why the Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar called me on the third night to get permission for the cancellation and I ordered it to be cancelled.
“We leave it to the police to take action, together with the local council and the stadium authority which rented out the premise to the organisers,” he told reporters after attending a dinner by the National Anti-Drug Agency here yesterday.
On Saturday, six people aged 19 to 28 died from apparent methamphetamine overdoses at the FMFA concert. 15 people were warded in hospitals across the city for similar drug overdoses, and 29 were arrested for possession of narcotics.
Ahmad Zahid said the police were still trying to determine the origin of the drugs, believed to be new to Malaysia, and the culprits who distributed it.
Story: Bernama
