KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 18 -- The Home Ministry is in the process of finalising a draft Bill on house arrest to be tabled later this year, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail told Parliament.
The draft Home Detention Bill is currently being refined, with several engagement sessions already held with relevant stakeholders, he said in a written reply.
"The ministry is conducting workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions to ensure all views and inputs are considered in the drafting process," he said in a reply to Seputeh MP Teresa Kok.
The Pakatan Harapan MP had asked whether the ministry will consult civil society, the public and the Parliamentary Select Committee before tabling the Bill.
"The draft Bill must go through several stages bef...