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Release prisoners with less than three months left to serve - Harapan
The Pakatan Harapan security committee has called on Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin to take immediate action to reduce overcrowding in prisons and detention centres.
“As the third wave of Covid-19 erupted in September 2020 stemmed from detention centres, clearly, prison walls cannot trap the virus and it can be transmitted into communities and endanger society.
“The government needs to...
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