GEORGE TOWN: All Voluntary Patrol Unit (PPS) members have been ordered to suspend their unit activities until the validity of PPS is confirmed.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said this following an ad hoc state executive councillor meeting which he chaired, this afternoon.
"I hope the people of Penang can take role of the PPS in helping the police carry out community policing to prevent crime," he told reporters here.
Lim said all 156 PPS members, who were detained, would be paid RM200 for everyday they are detained.
"Our main priority is to secure their release and to that end we have arranged legal representation for them," he said.
Lim also added that the few members who had failed the urine drug test were senior citizen consuming medication.
"They are old people with medical problem and taking medication and that's why they failed the test," added Guan Eng.