Ex-inmates get chance to start over


On the ground: Sim (with red cap) having a light moment with prisoners who are being interviewed by company representatives during the MyFutureJobs Career and Entrepreneurship Carnival at Seberang Perai Prison complex in Jawi. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

NIBONG TEBAL: A few years ago, M. Muniesvaran was senten­ced to five years in prison for a drug-related offence.

Now out on parole, he has been working at a fertiliser factory in Perlis for six weeks.

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