CHAPTER 1
NO.
SUBJECT MATTER
SABAH
SARAWAK
14.
Freedom of thought, conscience, and
religion
4
0
0
15.
Freedom of opinion and expression
1
0
0
16.
Right to peaceful assembly
3
0
0
17.
Freedom of association
0
0
0
18.
Right to take part in government/voters’
rights
1
0
0
19.
Right to work/employment and migrant
workers’ rights
10
7
1
20.
Right to rest and leisure
1
0
0
21.
Right to adequate standard of living
(food, clothing, housing, healthcare)
18
4
0
22.
Right to education
8
7
0
23.
Right freely to participate in the cultural
life of the community
1
0
0
24.
Environmental rights
2
3
1
25.
Right to native customary land
28
32
1
26.
Child’s rights
0
1
0
27.
Others
8
8
0
239
277
13
TOTAL
2.
KL
INQUIRIES INTO COMPLAINTS
(a) Detention under Preventive Laws
Articles 9 and 10 of the UDHR guarantee that no one is to be subjected
to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile and that everyone is entitled in full
equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial
tribunal of any criminal charge against him. During the year the Commission
received 25 complaints regarding detention under the Prevention of
Crime Act 1959 (POCA), seven complaints regarding detention under
the Dangerous Drugs Act (Special Preventive Measures) 1985 (DDASPM)
and three complaints regarding detention under the SOSMA. As of 31
December, 432 were detained under POCA at Pokok Sena, Bentong,
Kluang, Simpang Renggam and Bintulu Prisons; 1428 were detained under
preventive detention of DDASPM at Batu Gajah, Muar, Simpang Renggam
and Machang Prisons; and 16 were detained under POTA at Simpang
Renggam and Machang Prisons.21
21 The information was made available to the Commission by Prison Department of Malaysia
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