Ex-detainees set up organisation to guide wayward youth theSun theSundaily rehab rehabilitation exdetainee youth guide preventivelaw
Muhammad said many ex-detainees were struggling to make a living and have trouble getting jobs and securing loans to start a business or further their education.After being rehabilitated and leading successful lives, former detainees of preventive laws such as the Emergency Ordinance, Restricted Residence Act and Banishment Act – all of which have now been repealed – have embarked on a noble mission to guide and rehabilitate wayward youth.
“We will also reach out to those who have returned to their old ways upon being released, and guide them back to the right path,” said Ganesan, who urged other former detainees of preventive laws to join Popoc. Popoc secretary Muhammad Abdullah said with the help of police, Popoc will visit schools with delinquency issues and provide counselling to problematic students.
“Parents with such children can contact us,” said the 60-year-old, who spent two years in detention for his first brush with the law when he was 28, and was banished to Jitra for another two years from 1995 and 1999. “Many ex-detainees are struggling to make a living and have trouble getting jobs and securing loans to start a business or further their education.
It was attended by almost 200 people, including representatives from the police and Prisons Department.
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