Will home detention be used to free powerful convicts like Najib, asks NGO

Project Stability and Accountability for Malaysia (Projek Sama) has warned that the introduction of home detention as an alternative to imprisonment “for some prisoners” could be abused to free powerful convicts like ex-premier Najib Abdul Razak.

Hence the institutional reform watchdog urged for a white paper on the topic before its implementation to prevent double standards being applied to prisoners.