Amanah president Mohamad Sabu will be giving up his entire salary as a minister - but not his allowances - totalling RM11,900 to help fund CSOs so they can champion a fair house arrest mechanism that would benefit all convicts.

Specifically, he is recommending that convicts be allowed to serve half their prison sentence in jail before being transferred to house arrest. He said this should be an option for convicts of all crimes.

Following on the heels of DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke's resignation as transport minister over Najib Abdul Razak returning home to serve his house arrest, Mohamad said his actions were not done out of spite.

Instead, he told a press conference in his capacity as Kota Raja MP today that he merely wanted to ensure other convicts have fair access to such privilege.