Weaving village for ex-convicts

Tunku Azizah (right) checking the quality of the finished product of the Royal Tenun Pahang produced by the students at the institute in Pulau Keladi, Pekan. Looking on is National Handicraft senior director (Design and Research) Datuk Mohd Zubair Mohd Zain (left).

PEKAN: Ex-convicts who have been trained in making the Tenun Pahang Diraja during their jail term will be employed in the “tenun” village to be built in the Penor Prison.

Tengku Puan Pahang Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Sultan Iskandar said their skills and creativity in the production of the woven silk fabric should not be wasted after serving their sentences in prison.