Japan contributes Covid-19 prevention items to the Prisons Department

KUALA LUMPUR: The Japanese government in its support to strengthen prison systems by addressing overcrowding conditions and enhancing Covid-19 responses within prisons in the Southeast Asia region, on donated Covid-19 prevention items worth US$450,000 (RM1.88 million).

The items were handed over to the Malaysian Prison Department, through the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), said a statement issued by the Japanese embassy here.