A no-smoking sign is seen at a restaurant in George Town January 7, 2019. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
High Court judge Datuk Azizah Nawawi set the date during the case management in his chambers in the presence of counsel Nasbal Harun representing Mohd Hanizam Yunus and six others while senior federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan acted on behalf of the Health Ministry as respondent. The seven are Mohd Hanizam, 52, Zulkifli Mohamad, 56, Mohd Laisani Dollah, 46, Mohd Sufian Awaludin, 35, Ridzuan Muhammad Noor, 52, Mohd Yazid Mohd Yunus, 48, and Yuri Azhar Abdollah, 39.
Besides, they said the government also did not allocate a separate smoking area or provide for food premises operators to exercise their discretion in providing a separate smoking area.