NO.
DATES
PLACES OF
DETENTION
ISSUES OBSERVED
There is an evident lack of counselling for
juveniles at these detention centres. Juveniles
should be able to receive counselling to set
them back on the right path. The Department
of Social Welfare has received the relevant
recommendations pertaining to this issue.
SUHAKAM found that for these two police
stations, there is a clear need for further
exposure to the Royal Malaysia Police SOP and
1953 Lockup Rules, in light of the management
of detainees.
3.
15 March 2018
Lenggeng
Immigration Depot,
Negeri Sembilan
The hygiene of food and drinks served during
SUHAKAM’s visit was very poor, much less the
food and drinks served to the detainees. This
was not the first time the food supplier has
received a warning.
The lack of assistant medical officers
continues to be a problem. The ratio of
detainees to assistant medical officers is too
high.
There are insufficient personnel guarding the
cells. The frequent occurrence of undesirable
events such as fights between detainees can
clearly be prevented by an increase in the
number of these personnel.
Insufficient funds leading to a myriad of
problems including but not limited to, lack of
a water filtration system for each block, poor
airflow system that causes the temperature in
the cells to be unbearable on top of having
poor ventilation. There’s poor maintenance
of street lights surrounding the Depot for
night-time monitoring. Further, the patients
from the Lenggeng Immigration Depot
queue in the same lane as the public when
receiving treatment at the Emergency &
Trauma department, causing the queue to be
needlessly long.
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SUHAKAM
ANNUAL REPORT 2018