PUTRAJAYA: Groundwork still needs to be done before the Home Ministry shifts children out of Immigration detention depots to welfare organisations, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
The Home Minister said that his ministry is in the midst of identifying how many children were being held at these detention centers.
"Our secretary-general has been instructed to get the ball rolling. Let them do their work first," he told reporters following the Home Ministry monthly assembly on Wednesday . He was later quoted saying children should not be detained at Immigration depots, adding that discussions were being held with several agencies on how to resolve the issue, including the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry.
He was also quoted denying that his decision to remove children detained at Immigration depots was a reaction to an incident in Lenggong recently.
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