Commissioner for Narcotics visits the Kowloon Masjid to promote anti-drug messages

Commissioner for Narcotics Kesson Lee visited the Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre on Tuesday to promote anti-drug messages and encourage the local Muslim community to join the fight against drugs. 

During today’s visit, Lee and Rizwan Ullah, a member of the Action Committee Against Narcotics, exchanged views on anti-drug education and promotion with the Chief Imam of Hong Kong, Mufti Muhammad Arshad. 

Lee briefed the Chief Imam on the drug situation in Hong Kong and the government’s anti-drug work, such as initiatives to enhance community awareness of drug abuse, drug harm, and drug trafficking. 

To further disseminate anti-drug messages to members of the Muslim community, posters in different languages about the harm of different types of drugs were distributed and put up in the center. 

Lee expressed gratitude to Ullah and the Chief Imam for their unwavering support of various anti-drug efforts. 

Lee said authorities “will arrange suitable preventive education and publicity for ethnic minorities with a view to raising their knowledge of drug harm, the gravity of drug offenses, and availability of drug treatment and rehabilitation services in Hong Kong. 

“The support expressed by the Chief Imam today is encouraging and his advice is valuable,” Lee also said. 

Ullah said: “I appreciate the government’s efforts to foster collaboration among different sectors and ethnicities, and will continue to help unite different stakeholders in society to support the anti-drug cause.”