MPs call for prison reforms to prevent virus spread


TWO MPs in Penang will raise the need for prison reforms to prevent Covid-19 spreading like wildfire in overcrowded prison conditions.

Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin said he and Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar want reforms to the current prison system to be seriously looked into in view of the recent Covid-19 outbreaks at several prisons in the country.

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