Home Affairs Minister Hamzah Zainudin said the image of the People's Volunteer Corps (Rela) could be raised like that of other security agencies.

He said training in addition to knowledge of the law would be provided to Rela members in an effort to elevate the role of the department.

"I, as minister, want to raise the image of Rela and not to just take care of traffic control and crowd control at weddings but...