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that there was no budget for repair. There were stateless detainees
Detention Centre
dilapidated. The conditions were unsanitary, and the blocks were
poorly maintained. Owing to the lack of sufficient ventilation, the
Immigration Detention
depot
detainees and the severity of their health problems.
adequate to respond to health crises due to the high number of
The placement of an assistant medical officer (Grade U32) is not
of health problems including scabies, back and stomach pains.
also wholly unacceptable. Majority of the detainees complained
functioning. The toilet conditions in the other male blocks were
that housed male detainees, all five toilets were blocked and not
installed for ventilation purposes were not working. In one block
blocks were unbearably hot and foul smelling. Almost all wall fans
Two out of the three main blocks made of wooden structures were
Tanah Merah
long time in the depot.
and detainees waiting for deportation who have been staying for a
The buildings are dilapidated, and the Commission was informed
Semenyih Immigration
detainees and soaps provided to the detainees.
mats and Al-Quran for Muslim detainees, sanitary pads for women
area were unsanitary. There were complains of inadequate prayer
dilapidated, hot and foul smelling. The built-in toilets and bathing
cases of the personnel being infected. The detention blocks were
were also exposed to contagious diseases, and there had been two
detainees themselves informed the MA. The immigration personnel
the medical treatment required by the sick detainees unless the