KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — Former KL City Hall (DBKL) senior deputy director Sabudin Mohd Salleh was sentenced to four years in prison and fined RM1 million by the High Court here today, on two charges of obtaining bribes amounting to RM200,000 for issuing work permits to a subcontractor.

TANJONG KARANG, July 20 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has stressed that he will oppress no one, including individuals from opposition parties.

CAMERON HIGHLANDS, June 16 — The man who was slapped with a seven-day jail term for assaulting a female driver in Lata Iskandar last week was today sentenced to nine days in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here for slapping two waiters.

TAIPING, April 18 — After spending 40 years in jail, Jamil Arshad will forever cherish the date March 22 - when he received a royal pardon from the Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — The government is formulating a new law, the Drug and Substance Abuse (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act, in an effort to reduce overcrowding in prisons, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

OVIEDO (Spain), Jan 21 — Brazilian football player Dani Alves was sent to prison in Barcelona on Friday evening for allegedly raping a woman late last year.

KLUANG, Dec 21 — An elephant believed to have gotten lost after wandering off from its herd ended up in the compound of Kluang Prison, here three days ago.

TEMERLOH, Sept 22 — The government saves about RM270 million in operations cost through three out-of-prison rehabilitation programmes involving convicts said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Mohamed Said.

MOSCOW, June 13 — The Japanese upper house passed a bill on Monday making cyberbullying a crime punishable by prison, with an additional revision to be carried out within three years of its enactment to assess compatibility with the freedom of expression, media reported.

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, May 12 — The special family visit for inmates in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri is cancelled at all prison institutions, due to the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) nationwide beginning today until June 7.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — A majority of terrorist groups’ supporters who were found guilty were not only sentenced to prison but would also undergo rehabilitation, said Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter-Terrorism Division (E8) principal assistant director DCP Normah Ishak.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — Face-to-face meetings between prison inmates and their family members in conjunction with Chinese New Year celebration will not be allowed at all prison institutions nationwide.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) will be implemented in the Sungai Udang Prison in Melaka and its staff quarters from February 3 to 16, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — A single mother from Uzbekistan was jailed for three years by the Magistrate’s Court here today for cheating the Kuala Lumpur Hospital by using an identity card belonging to another person to obtain treatment at the hospital for seven years.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 8 — The Court of Appeal today upheld the RM10,000 fine imposed by the High Court on a road bully, known as “Abang Botak”, for smashing the front wind screen of a car with his crash helmet, after the prosecution withdrew its appeal.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) for Seremban Prison and its quarters in Negeri Sembilan has been extended by two weeks from tomorrow until December 21.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — The Prisons Department has carried out 63,730 Covid-19 screenings on inmates, staff and family members from all prison institutions nationwide since September 1 until yesterday, said its director-general Datuk Seri Zulkifli Omar.

KUALA LUMPUR,  Oct 19 — The government has introduced a new standard operating procedure (SOP) to enable remand application and extension for remand for prisoners in court to be conducted through video conferencing.

ALOR SETAR, Oct 14 — Remand detainees and inmates at the Alor Setar and Pokok Sena prisons who are released will be placed at Covid-19 quarantine stations to undergo the mandatory quarantine process for two weeks.