Labour MPs Zainal Sapari and Patrick Tay have urged the Government to review the harassment protection law to cover all private security officers, in the light of harsher penalties they face for errant behaviour such as sleeping on the job.
"Perhaps it is about time the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) reviews the (Protection) from Harassment Act (Poha) to cover all private security officers regardless of their worksite," Mr Zainal said in a Facebook post yesterday.
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