00:00Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said, a new bill for house arrest is
00:07expected to be tabled in Parliament in 2025.
00:11Saifuddin said the Cabinet has approved the policy for implementing the bill, which is
00:16being drafted by the Attorney General's Department and the Prisons Department Director-General
00:21Datuk Seri Nordin Muhammad as stakeholders.
00:25He adds once the bill is drafted, it will be presented to the Cabinet and thereafter
00:29to be tabled in Parliament.
00:31He said during a press conference after launching the Santuni Madani One Leader, One Village
00:37programme in Bukit Tiu on Saturday.
00:39He said the new house arrest bill would not amend the Prisons Act but instead be introduced
00:45as new legislation.
00:48During Friday's tabling of Budget 2025, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced
00:55that the government would draft a new law allowing house arrest as an alternative sentence
01:00for certain offences.
01:02These offenders would be required to stay at designated places of detention, such as
01:07a residential home, care facility or workers' dormitory, throughout their detention period.
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