People convicted of violating the movement control order (MCO) have begun arriving at temporary prisons to serve their sentence.
"The Home Ministry has gazetted 11 special prisons for MCO offenders after they are sentenced by the courts.
"To date, the special prisons have begun operations and 58 people who have been sentenced by the courts for violating the MCO have been sent to the temporary prisons," Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob told a press conference in Putrajaya today.
The temporary prisons, which are converted premises of academies under the Prisons Department, began operations on April 23. The government initially announced 13 such temporary prisons but later revised the number to 11.
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