Sepang, Selangor

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Immigration Detention Depot

Malaysia

Status

In use

2025

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Immigration Department

Management: Department of Depot Management, Ministry of Home Affairs (Governmental)

Detains: , Adult women, Adult men, Accompanied minors, Unaccompanied minors, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Deaths at facility Mistreatment complaints?
600
Yes

2 January 2009

Yes
Malaysia

3,211

Detained Women

150

Deaths in Detention

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FACILITY NAMES
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Immigration Detention Depot
Location

Country: Malaysia

City & Region: Sepang, Selangor, Asia-Pacific

Latitude, Longitude: 2.819684, 101.733684

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2025
Last documented use
2014
In use
2007
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2014
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2007
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Immigration Depot (Depot Imigresen)
2014
Management
Management
Type
Year
Department of Depot Management, Ministry of Home Affairs
Governmental
2014
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Immigration Department
Interior Ministry
Interior or Home Affairs
2014

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult women

2014

Adult men

2014

Accompanied minors

2014

Unaccompanied minors

2014
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2014

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2014
2010

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2007

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 600

2007

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2014

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2014

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Details/Description Physical and verbal abuse, threats, extortion, confiscation of food and drink; trans detainee outed and humiliated by staff

Report date (Month) May

Report date (Year) 2018

2018

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Gender Segregation Yes

2014
Age Segregation

Age Segregation No

2014

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Inadequate health provisions
Inadequate Health Provisions
Obvs. Date
Promotion of personal health and hygiene
2018
Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
2 January 2009
Reports of Injury/Physical Harm
Injury/physical harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
May 2018

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Year
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2014
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2013

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Access to Telephones No

2018