The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Royal Malaysian Police has been directed to monitor all 125 Restricted Residence Act (RRA) detainees released today.

Inspector-general of police Ismail Omar said this would ensure that the detainees did not conduct activities that could threaten public order.

“We hope that they will not do commit anything criminal, especially gambling,” he told reporters after launching the book ‘ Crimson Over Borneo - Untold Police Stories and Communist Cessation of the Sarawak Communist Insurgency ’ by Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud in Kuching today.

Ismail was confident that the released detainees could change their ways and contribute to national development.

All detainees under the act were released today following the announcement of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak when tabling the motion to repeal it in parliament yesterday.

- Bernama