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Expediting remand cases



THE Internal Security Ministry is working closely with the Attorney-General’s Chambers and courts to expedite the 13,880 remand cases or 34.2% of the total number of prisoners in the country.

Deputy Minister Datuk Fu Ah Kiow told Datuk Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar (BN-Larut) that foreign prisoners could not be jailed in their home countries.

“This is because the foreign governments refused to accept them, and we cannot allow these prisoners to think that they can be sent back and be freed without being punished here first,” he added.

Fu said the prisons were now holding 40,821 prisoners, or 30% more than the ideal capacity of around 31,200 people.

In addition, 5,669 illegal immigrants were being held in 11 detention depots managed by the Prisons Department, he said.

Among the steps taken to settle the problem of overcrowding in prisons are increasing the capacity of existing prisons and constructing 16 more under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

“The ministry hopes that the new prisons will be able to house 15,400 more prisoners by 2010.

“The Johor government has agreed to the reopening of the Johor Baru prison on Jan 1 next year, which will house about 1,000 remand prisoners,” he told Datuk Seri Mohd Salleh Tun Said (BN-Kota Belud).

Fu said the introduction of the parole system, which requires prisoners to do social services activities, would help to reduce overcrowding.

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