Hold Regular Press Conferences Home Minister Urges Igp

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Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has asked Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani to consider the proposal to hold regular press conferences as has been done before.
The PKR lawmaker said this is to allow the media to get the latest updates on cases being investigated by the police, and for the Home Ministry to build a more conducive relationship with the press.
According to him, the ministry has heard feedback from the media that the lack of press conferences is making it difficult for them to get the latest developments on cases, and found the concerns to be reasonable.
"Since the ministry is now hoping to build a conducive relationship with the media as a strategic partner, I suggested to the IGP for the press conferences to be held more frequently.
"I will give him the chance to consider the proposal, and I hope it can be implemented soon," he told reporters in Putrajaya last night.
On another matter, Saifuddin (photo above, left) said the ministry is in the process of shifting children detained at Immigration Detention depots to place them under the care of NGOs specialising in children's welfare.
According to him, he has identified the profile of the children, their numbers, and where they are detained, and is liaising with the NGOs on this matter.
International spotlight
Saifuddin assured that his ministry is serious about handling the matter, especially after it gained the international spotlight.
Commenting on the case of a Bangladeshi child who was found in a container at West Port in Klang on Jan 17, the minister said the latter would be sent home next week.
"We have identified the child's family and my counterparty in Bangladesh has been notified of the child's repatriation process. The Bangladeshi embassy has sorted all the necessary documents."
It was reported that the eight-year-old from Chittagong, Bangladesh, had wandered into a container while playing with his friends, before getting himself locked in it. The authorities found him in a weak state in the container, six days later.
The boy was then treated at the Tuanku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang, before being put under the care of an NGO, pending his repatriation. - Mkini

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