KOTA KINABALU: When businessman John Lam was approached by a friend to hire a man on parole from a prison sentence several years ago, he was shocked and scared.
“I was afraid and worried because that person is an inmate and is still serving his sentence although under parole,” he said at a career carnival of paroled prisoners and the state Prisons Department on Friday .
“The concern and worry I had back then is nothing compared to the nervousness I feel standing on this stage right now,” he said, adding he is glad that he gave that person and himself a chance. Similarly, businessman Datuk Yap Yun Fook described the parolees and ex-convicts he has worked with before as people who are obedient and disciplined with a high learning drive.
Yap said if former convicts were given second chances in life, they might prove to be better people and not resort to going back to their old ways. “I was an addict and I was jailed for it. However, after the CSI programme, I realised that I needed a change and I must work for the chance that I want in my life and I am thankful that someone was willing to give me that chance,” he said.
“With the right guidance and the second chance I was given, I am now addiction free and I have my own success story to tell,” he said.
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