10,500 inmates on parole have good track record

Healthy record: Johor Tourism exco Datuk Tee Siew Kiong (second from left) launching the Johor Parole and Community Service Forum in Johor Baru. Looking on is Kausalya (far left) and other officials.

JOHOR BARU: About 10,500 prisoners or 98.5% who were released on parole, for the past eight years, have successfully stayed out of trouble and embraced a positive outlook in life.

Prison Department parole division deputy director S Kausalya Devi said the high rates of prisoners on parole indicated that parolees had not violated the law during time served.