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KUALA LUMPUR – The government is intent on opening up more job opportunities for ex-convicts so as to replace foreign workers in the country, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Human Resources Minister V Sivakumar reasoned that this is because former prisoners, especially those who have finished serving minor sentences, are still productive for work and can contribute to the economy.
"We can use their energy (ex-convicts) to replace foreign workers,” he said in replying to an oral question from RSN Rayer (PH-Jelutong).
Rayer had enquired about whether the government plans to facilitate a functional connection between employers and prisons in order to enable those who have served time in jail to replace foreign workers.
Sivakumar said that several initiatives have been undertaken by the Ministry of Human Resources in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs on this matter.
He said the initiative to help the ex-convicts to get jobs has been implemented through the Social Security Organisation (Socso) which provides training for them.
"Many (former prisoners) have also been given job opportunities,” he said.
“Those who are in prison have been given training and those who come out of prison after undergoing the training have also been placed in the world of work," he said. – The Vibes, October 31, 2023
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