KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — The Home Affairs Ministry is in its final stages of amending the Drug Addicts (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983 so the prison sentence for drug abuse is changed to rehabilitation instead of imprisonment.

TUARAN, Feb 1 — More than 20,000 inmates nationwide are undergoing community-based rehabilitation, which is being monitored to ensure smooth and proper implementation, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Shamsul Anuar Nasarah.

TANJUNG MALIM, Dec 7 — The District Parole Station (SPD) which functions as a transit centre for parole officers and the monitoring and supervision of those under parole (ODP), licensed prisoner release (OBB) programme and prisoners’ release on licence (PBL) programme was launched today.

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.

KAJANG Oct 11 — The Prisons Department Malaysia is targeting two-thirds of eligible inmates to undergo rehabilitation in the community by 2030, to reduce overcrowding in prisons.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) and Rahman Hydraulic Tin Sdn Bhd (RHT) have initiated a reafforestation project on an ex-tin mine land of 20 hectares at RHT Klian Intan, Gerik Hulu Perak.

MUAR, Jan 16 — A total of 85,134 tonnes of flood waste has been cleared in six states affected by the disaster as of yesterday.

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.