Bi-partisan group repeats call to address overcrowding in prisons

A bi-partisan group has reiterated calls for Putrajaya to address prison overcrowding which has lately contributed to the spread of Covid-19.

In a response to a Malaysiakini special report titled ‘Prison life amid the pandemic’, the All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia for the Reform of Prisons and All Places of Detention (APPGM) described the accounts of prisoners in the article as "upsetting".

The APPGM comprise of Azalina Othman Said (BN-Pengerang), Rohani Abdul Karim (GPS-Batang Lupar), Vell Paari (MIC-Senator), Mohd Azis Jamman (Warisan-Sepanggar), Liew Chin Tong (DAP-Senator)...