The Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar expressed his displeasure against Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurs Alliance of Malaysia (Ikhlas) president Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah for questioning his decision to ban all sale of vape products in the state.

"To those who wish to challenge my decision, in particular Ikhlas president who claimed that he has collected one million names and signatures, where are the names which has been collected?

"I have not seen even a single name yet. Remember, don't be brainless and endanger the health of others for monetary gains.

"I have listened to many experts and clearly the use of vape can be more harmful to human," he was quoted by Bernama as saying after opening the 60th state level Quran Reciting Competition at Dataran Tanjung Emas yesterday.

Last December, Ikhlas acting on behalf of four Johor vape traders, filed a lawsuit against several government agencies for the raids conducted against vape traders.

Among others, the NGO demanded RM1 million in aggravated and exemplary damages, and for the seized items to be returned.