There are plans to amend the Registration of Criminals and Undesirable Persons Act, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail at a town hall at the Prisons Department Complex in Kajang on Tuesday (Nov 5).
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00:00It's like a prison.
00:02It's not only when we accept the court's decision,
00:05that we have to take care of it.
00:07Now we have to think about it.
00:09We have to make sure that in this rehabilitation program,
00:13if we put them in the community program more,
00:17they can have all the accessories.
00:19In fact, even after that, we have to think about it.
00:23Until then, it means the prison is not over.
00:27The prison is not over.
00:30But your suggestion,
00:32what's new in your suggestion?
00:35If we...
00:36The government's incentive is clear.
00:38But if we want to make sure,
00:40the prospects that have served the company,
00:43that after a period of time,
00:45we can clear their name, their records.
00:48That's under Article 7.
00:51Article 7 is
00:54the Act on the Record of Crimes and Records of Unwanted Persons.
00:59Coincidentally.
01:00I have just issued an order from KSU, TKSU,
01:03that I am determined to clear their records.
01:07Without hearing your suggestion today,
01:10I would have issued an order earlier.
01:13Okay.
01:14What contributes to me thinking about that?
01:17A few months ago,
01:19when I was sitting in the parliament,
01:21I was asked by an old couple.
01:23Husband and wife from Kelantan, Tanah Merah.
01:26He asked for help.
01:27He said his son got a job.
01:29A job as a carpenter.
01:31A carpenter.
01:32A carpenter.
01:33Then, when he got the job offer,
01:35the employer erased his records with the police.
01:38He was stuck there.
01:39I said, what's the problem, son?
01:41Sir.
01:42He said, when he was in school in Tanah Merah,
01:45he lived in an ashram.
01:48One day,
01:49he was arrested by his friends.
01:51The police arrested him.
01:52Then, he opened his IP.
01:54He opened a search warrant.
01:56Then, he never ended up in a lawsuit.
01:58Never.
01:59He was brought to court.
02:01If he didn't go to court,
02:02there was never an arrest.
02:03Now, he will be classified as an undetected person.
02:08A person who is involved in a police investigation.
02:13He will be classified as an undetected person.
02:15Is there a record for that?
02:16Even if he was a carpenter,
02:17the employer didn't give him a record.
02:19I was affected by this story.
02:22I told my colleagues,
02:24even now,
02:25let's ask for a record of 7 counts with the police.
02:28The number is more than 1 million.
02:31I asked the data science unit,
02:33KDN.
02:34We have a data scientist unit.
02:35He has processed everything.
02:38So, now,
02:40Dato' Alim is here.
02:41He helped me to understand the situation.
02:44I couldn't wait to do one thing.
02:46I said,
02:47is there a record of 7 counts
02:49that gives the minister the power to speak?
02:52Administratively,
02:54it can be issued.
02:56But,
02:57the minister can't use the power to speak,
02:59but the 7 counts need to be moved.
03:01Now, we will work both ways.
03:04There is a way.
03:06Administratively,
03:07the minister can invoke.
03:09There is a section in it.
03:11We also need to make a move in the parliament.
03:14We will present the basic paper in the near future.
03:17So, I really want to clear it.
03:19Especially,
03:20the one that doesn't involve the prohibition of punishment.
03:22Then, the violation of the constitution,
03:24and the basis of the punishment, etc.
03:26So, we will focus on
03:28the category of people who are not wanted.
03:30So, I think,
03:32the right thing for us to do is
03:34to give them a second chance.
03:37And, the data will guide us.
03:40Especially, the first offender.