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02Mar

Govt agrees in principle to home detention for prisoners, says Saifuddin

PUNCAK BORNEO: The government has agreed in principle to implement the Licensed Release of Prisoners (PBSL) through home detention for prisoners serving jail sentences of four years and below as an effort to reduce overcrowding in prisons. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (pic) said that his ministry is currently in the process of examining...

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21Dec

M’sian ‘Fat Leonard’ among prisoners included in US-Venezuela swap deal

WASHINGTON: The United States released an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in exchange for 10 American detainees and a fugitive dubbed "Fat Leonard" in a sweeping prisoner swap deal between the rival governments on Wednesday (Dec 21). US President Joe Biden made the "extremely difficult decision" to free Alex Saab, the one-time confidant of socialist...

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