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Few interesting facts:
1. Samsu (rice wine) can have up to 50% alcohol content.
2. According to CAP’s Subbarow, the government banned sales of samsu in plastics about 20 years ago because it was becoming a social problem among the Malay youths.
3. MIC’s new Information Chief, P Kamalanathan says taxes on the samsu should be raised, similar to cigarettes, wine, beer etc.
4. The guy interviewed in the report says he won’t stop drinking until death. (Even pawned wife’s jewelery to buy liquor).
5. The reason given be the interviewee is that he drinks to forget his sorrows.
6. CAP estimates rural Indians spend US6 million (RM21 million) annually on alcohol.
7. In this example, drinking samsu leads to domestic violence, runaway children, disease and early death.
