Prisoner was serving sentence at Kajang Prison, family also confirms he did not return home after fleeing

YANGON, April 17 — Myanmar's State Administration Council pardoned over 4,900 prisoners in an amnesty today, the first day of the Burmese New Year, Xinhua reported.

JAKARTA, Dec 25 — The Ministry of Immigration and Corrections has granted special remissions to 15,807 inmates across Indonesia in celebration of Christmas this year, reported ANTARA News Agency.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 — The government has agreed in principle to allow petrol station operators to employ foreign workers for cleaning and maintenance work in cafés and convenience shops at petrol stations.

ANKARA, Aug 3 — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Friday called for an urgent investigation into Israeli abuse of Palestinian prisoners, Anadolu Agency reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called for an investigation into all crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against Palestinian prisoners.

AMMAN, March 10 — The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said that Palestinian prisoners and detainees from the Gaza Strip held by the Israeli army are subjected to premeditated murder and arbitrary execution outside the scope of the law and the judiciary, including killing under torture.

RAMALLAH (Palestine), Nov 27 — The Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs revealed that the number of Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons exceeds 7,000 people, reported the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA).

KAJANG, May 9 — The stigma of being a former prisoner causes them to often be sidelined by society, even though they have served their sentences for their past mistakes.

JELEBU, April 11 — One of the six prisoners on the run after escaping from the Jelebu prison here yesterday was arrested by the police in Kampung Petasih Tengah, Pertang, near here early today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — Measures taken by the government to ensure prison inmates are welcomed when they are back in the society is expected to be among the highlights in the Dewan Rakyat today.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 20 — The Health Ministry (MOH) expects the number of Covid-19 daily cases in the country to stabilise at 3,000 within a period of one week.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 — The Prisons Department has two sets of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to curb the spread of Covid-19 in prisons, said Deputy Home Minister I Datuk Seri Dr Ismail Mohamed Said.

KAJANG, Oct 13 —  All new inmates to be managed by the Prisons Department around Selangor will be segregated in a special quarantine centre prior to being placed in prison to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic.