KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 -- Police officers will be deployed to 122 secondary schools across the capital under a new initiative aimed at improving road safety awareness and compliance with traffic laws among students, with authorities also planning driving licence checks and targeted drug screenings.

According to Utusan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Fadil Marsus said students identified as requiring further assessment could be subjected to urine tests, adding that the programme would cover all secondary schools in the city, including private institutions.

He said the initiative would be carried out by officers from the Kuala Lumpur Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) and the Narcotics Criminal Investigation ...