Lab on serious crime after Raya, says minister

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(Bernama) – A Special Laboratory aimed to explore ways to tackle serious crime in the country would be held after Hari Raya Aidilfitri said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Nancy Shukri.

Nancy Shukri said the Special Laboratory would look into the issue from the legal perspectives, especially on the formulation of a stringent act to ensure the personal safety of Malaysians.

“A lab is going to be established after the Hari Raya celebration, (and it) will be headed by Datuk Seri Idris Jala (Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department), and the rest of the ministers going in there will be me, Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Senator Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan (Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department).

“I will also be a member of the lab that would discuss matters related to the duties of the respective agencies under our ministries,” she told Bernama, here today, when clarifying a local daily report that said the Special Laboratory would look at laws to replace the Emergency Ordinance.