PENANG: Those sentenced to a prison term of less than six months need only do community service under a proposal submitted by the Prisons Department to the Attorney-General’s Chambers.
Prisons director-general Datuk Mustafa Osman said they were ready to implement the community service system this year as it could help overcome congestion in prisons.
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