Budget 2025: Prisons Dept's second chance programme gets RM10mil allocation


KUALA LUMPUR: The government will extend the Second Chance Programme (Peka) implemented by the Prisons Department with an allocation of RM10mil in Budget 2025, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, said the National Anti-Drugs Agency would also be involved in the programme, in line with the decision to decriminalise drug addicts.

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