Immigration dept denies allegations depots overcrowded, understaffed
26 Apr 2022 10:30pm
Immigration DG Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud says total detention capacity at all 21 immigration depots was 21,150 as compared to 17,000 detained now.
KUALA LUMPUR - The Immigration Department has denied allegations that their Depot in Lenggeng, Negeri Sembilan was overcrowded, and three other depots were understaffed.
Its director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud said the total detention capacity at all 21 immigration depots throughout Malaysia, including three temporary ones, was 21,150, while the total number of detainees at all the depots as of April 24 was about 17,000.
He said they comprised 12,895 men, 3,211 women, 851 boys and 677 girls, with all the children placed with their respective guardians.
"The total detention capacity at the Lenggeng Immigration Depot in Negeri Sembilan is 1,000 people, namely 800 men and 200 women.
"As of April 24 this year, the number of detainees at the Lenggeng Immigration Depot was 779 people comprising 583 men, 173 women, 15 boys and eight girls," he said in a statement today.
