Sabah prisons staff quarters to be fixed


Dilapidated: Collapsing ceiling panels at the prisons staff quarters at Taman Matambai in Kepayan.

KOTA KINABALU: Prisons staff members will not be left out from the RM200mil additional allocation approved to repair dilapidated living quarters and facilities, says Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Ruji Ubi.

Responding to claims of dire conditions of their living quarters in Taman Matambai in Kepayan here, he said the Prisons Department will get RM40mil of the RM200mil allocation.

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