Former health minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa, in a Facebook post today, defended her decision in 2023 to delist liquid and nicotine gel products from the Poisons Act's First Schedule.

This followed the Kuala Lumpur High Court's decision yesterday that found the government, through the Health Ministry, had acted illegally, irrationally, and without proper consultation with the Poisons Board when it made the amendment to the Poisons List.