Peta urges vegan diet for Malaysia’s jailed ex-PM Najib, inmates: ‘the only peaceful meal’

Malaysia’s jailed former prime minister Najib Razak has become the unlikely face of a new prison food campaign, after an animal rights group urged Kajang Prison to serve him and other inmates vegan meals.In a letter sent on Tuesday to Kajang Prison Director Mohd Sharin bin Hj Sabtu, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) said a vegan meals policy could help reduce costs, improve inmate health and promote “empathy and non-violence” inside one of Malaysia’s best-known prisons.Malaysia’s prison rules do not prescribe a fixed menu, but a ration scale listing rice, vegetables and items such as chicken, fish, meat, tofu, eggs, fruit, bread, tea and coffee for inmates, according to the First Schedule of the Prisons Regulations 2000.