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Dewan approves Bill which allows Customs offices to be used as detention centres

By MARTIN CARVALHO, HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM, RAHIMY RAHIM and TARRENCE TAN

KUALA LUMPUR: Customs Department offices can soon be used as detention centres, says Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Abd Rahim Bakri (pic).

This comes after Dewan Rakyat passed the Excise (Amendment) Bill 2020, which allows the use of Customs Department offices to hold suspects if there is overcrowding at police lock-ups.

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Parliament , Customs Department , Detention centres , Excise (Amendment) Bill 2020

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