Buildings can be used as temporary depots to house prisoners under Emergency, says Chief Secretary


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Overcrowding in prisons that can cause the spread and rise in Covid-19 cases could be curbed with a special ordinance under the Emergency proclamation.

Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali (pic) said the security cluster under the Emergency Management Technical Committee can put forward a suggestion of borrowing any building to be used as a temporary depot.

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