KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 — The Malaysian Prisons Department has established an investigation board to determine the cause of an incident in which a remand prisoner escaped from the Emergency Unit of the Sungai Buloh Hospital on Wednesday.

TANJUNG MALIM, Dec 7 — The District Parole Station (SPD) which functions as a transit centre for parole officers and the monitoring and supervision of those under parole (ODP), licensed prisoner release (OBB) programme and prisoners’ release on licence (PBL) programme was launched today.

TAIPING, April 18 — After spending 40 years in jail, Jamil Arshad will forever cherish the date March 22 - when he received a royal pardon from the Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar.

KUALA LUMPUR,  Oct 19 — The government has introduced a new standard operating procedure (SOP) to enable remand application and extension for remand for prisoners in court to be conducted through video conferencing.