PULAU SENANG (Detention statistics)
Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 17 November 1961 · 2nd Legislative Assembly
Official Report, 17 November 1961, Vol 15, Issue 3 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
Mr Wong Soon Fong asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) how many detainees under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance, 1955, are there at Pulau Senang; (b) how many have been released since the beginning of this year; and (c) how many of the detainees now at Pulau Senang have been detained there for over a year.
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr Chan Chee Seng) (for the Minister for Home Affairs): I was asked by the Minister to answer the question.
There are 403 detainees at Pulau Senang, of whom 114 have been detained there for over a year. A total of 76 detainees have been released from Pulau Senang since the beginning of this year.
Mr Ong Chang Sam: (In Mandarin): Could the Parliamentary Secretary tell this House the maximum period of detention of a detainee at Pulau Senang?
Mr Chan Chee Seng: I need further notice of this question.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 17 November 1961. Republished on SGParliament.