All deaths in Immigration, police custody this year due to illness, says Home Ministry
The death of 20 detainees at Immigration depots in the first half of 2024 and 24 in police custody between 2022 and May 20, 2024, were due to illness, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
He told the Dewan Rakyat, citing Immigration Department statistics during his winding-up speech on the Suhakam 2022 annual report on Monday (July 1).
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He told the Dewan Rakyat, citing Immigration Department statistics during his winding-up speech on the Suhakam 2022 annual report on Monday (July 1).
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00:00This is about the Custodial Health Unit.
00:06In the Central Prison, we did it.
00:10Now, in the Project Rintis, there are three IPDs.
00:14And when it's done, then we will proceed with the next process.
00:18We are in that direction.
00:20Meaning, if someone is detained,
00:23a health check is done first.
00:26Then he will be taken to remand or jail.
00:28To avoid a death incident,
00:31where it is said that something else happened.
00:35At the same time, this detention process,
00:38I would like to inform you about the death toll.
00:42I request my colleagues from Immigration.
00:47The record of people detained in this depot
00:51who died from January 1 to 18 June,
00:55there are 20 death incidents.
00:5820.
01:00From people in Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia.
01:0520.
01:07And through the health report,
01:10everything is related to the health problem case.
01:15Followed by the Malaysian State Police,
01:19in 2022 to 2025, 2024,
01:24we recorded 24 deaths.
01:28There were COVID deaths, TB deaths, heart attacks,
01:32suicides, hangings,
01:35injuries by the police.
01:38So, the cause of these deaths,
01:41including bruises,
01:44bleeding, adrenal ulcer, etc.
01:47are from illness.
01:50Most of these are acute drug addicts
01:54who were put in jail.
01:56So, 24.
01:58As for prison,
02:00there are about 84,000 people in prison,
02:04including those who are outside and inside.
02:07So, there are about 80,000 people inside.
02:09The death toll so far
02:11is 40 cases.
02:13So, 40 in prison,
02:1520 in the immigration depot,
02:17and 20 in the police.
02:20And most of them are health problems.
02:23Mr. Speaker,
02:25I would also like to
02:27respond
02:30to a question raised by Mr. Alam
02:33about UNHCR.
02:35Before that, I saw
02:37Seputih was here.
02:39Seputih asked,
02:40is Malaysia planning to
02:43rectify
02:45UNCAT,
02:47United Nations Conference on Torture?
02:50For now, no.
02:52Okay, what is our excuse?
02:55If we rectify
02:58UNCAT,
03:01there is a certain section
03:03that clearly states
03:05that our country's laws
03:07cannot have elements that cause
03:10severe pain.
03:12For example,
03:13severe pain is also not allowed.
03:14Whereas, our rights have grounds.
03:17The court of law also has grounds.
03:20Our common rights also have grounds.
03:22Grounds are pain.
03:25Even if it is painful,
03:27it is not allowed.
03:28So, if we sign
03:29UNCAT,
03:30it means that
03:31we have to change the existing rights.
03:34A lot.
03:35So, for now, no.
03:36Our neighbouring countries,
03:37Singapore, Brunei,
03:39no.
03:40We won't sign it.