MACHANG, Aug 8 — The Prisons Department has revealed that prison congestion is on the rise nationwide due to an influx in new drug-related cases.

SHAH ALAM, March 6 — The suspect of a murder case, detained for allegedly beating his mother to death last Wednesday (February 28), was released when it was revealed she had died of a heart attack instead.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — A total of 92,257 individuals, including 287 civil servants, have been detained by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) in the first six months of this year for various offences involving drugs.