Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu has offered to donate his entire salary until the dissolution of the current Parliament to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) campaigning for all prisoners to be given the opportunity to serve half their sentences under house arrest.
In a statement today, Mohamad, popularly known as Mat Sabu, said the contribution would support efforts to establish a legal mechanism allowing prisoners to serve half of their jail terms behind bars and the remaining half under house arrest, subject to fair and transparent regulations applicable to everyone.
He stressed that any such arrangement must uphold equality before the law, regardless of an individual’s position, political influence or family connections.
