State governments cannot formulate criminal law, says Rais

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Only the federal government has the power to formulate laws pertaining to crime, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Dr Rais Yatim today.

"The domains of crime comes under the purview of the federal government and in general, it cannot be exercised or functionalised by the state government," he said.

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