(EPU), the Heritage Department, as well as the Sewerage Services Department. During the sessions, SUHAKAM was informed that only Seremban Prison (Negeri Sembilan), Pengkalan Chepa Prison (Kelantan) and Rehabilitation Centre in Batu Gajah, Perak were replacing the bucket system with in-cell sanitation. The three older prisons were unsuitable for renovation because of the existing condition and structure of the buildings themselves. During the visits, SUHAKAM also found that the old prison buildings were generally dilapidated and many of them were unsuitable for the confinement of large numbers of detainees on a long term basis. To move forward, SUHAKAM met with MOHA, the EPU and Prisons Department to continue to push for replacing the bucket toilet system in Taiping Prison, Penang Prison and the rehabilitation centre in Muar. Besides that, SUHAKAM will also visit the centre in Muar, together with the Works Minister and the relevant agencies, to come up with solutions for improving the conditions there. b) Custodial medical unit (CMU) On March 2017, SUHAKAM convened a roundtable with relevant government agencies to discuss SUHAKAM’s report in 2016 entitled “Death in Police Custody: A Thematic Study on Lock-up Conditions and Factors Contributing to the Death”. The report listed the factors which contributed to the said death in custody and preventive measures the government could take to reduce incidents of death in police lock-ups. After the discussion, SUHAKAM made recommendations for improvements to the relevant parties. One specific recommendation was for the establishment of a CMU at the police lock-up. The recommendation was received positively by MOH and the police. As a first step, it was proposed that a CMU is established at five centralised lock-ups in the country. The Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) told SUHAKAM that that could only be achieved when it is allocated a sufficient budget. The cost of establishing 5 CMUs is RM500,000 (Ringgit Malaysia Five Hundred Thousand). This covers human resources, logistics, and facilities. SUHAKAM has taken the initiative to meet with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) for endorsement of a special budget allocation for the establishment of CMUs. 4. Detention Under Preventive Laws a) Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) cases In 2018, SUHAKAM received 33 complaints pertaining to arrests under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA). The majority of the arrested individuals were from Perak and were held at Taiping Prison. These individuals are suspected of being a part of an organised group of criminals. 76 SUHAKAM ANNUAL REPORT 2018