THE RIGHT TO HEALTH IN PRISON: RESULTS OF A NATIONWIDE SURVEY AND REPORT Table 2: Racial Composition of Malaysian Prisoners No Race Number Percentage 1. Malay 3164 67% 2. Indians 553 12% 3. Chinese 396 8% 4. Orang Asli 89 2% 5. Sikh 18 0.3% 6. Other races 499 11% TOTAL 4719 No responce 3.8 3 100% 0.06% of the total sample of 4722 Malaysians Source: Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, 2014 81 per cent (4,336) were convicted prisoners while 19 per cent (1,006) were on remand. (See Table 3) Table 3: Incarceration of Prisoners Men Women Total Remand 771 (17%) 235 (33%) 1006 (19%) Convicted 3850 (83%) 486 (67%) 4336 (81%) Total 4621 (100%) 721 (100%) 5342 (100%) No response 137 (2.5% of the total 5479 Source: Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, 2014 35