PUTRAJAYA: The government has introduced the Fast Track Second Chance Policy aimed at providing an express route and accelerating the release mechanism for four target groups of bankruptcies. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said the policy was introduced to help the target group rise again, rebuild their lives and continue to contribute to national development. The four target groups accepted in the Fast Track Second Chance Policy are single parents, micro-loan entrepreneurs, victims of financial fraud (scammers), and housing borrowers for abandoned housing projects. “So, single mothers or fathers can […]

The committee passed a first substitute to HB 455 that creates a narrow pathway for adults with a single, older conviction (10+ years old) and no other offenses to obtain POST certification for roles like dispatch or corrections; law enforcement groups raised Brady and standards concerns during testimony.