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At present, IS militant detainees are held at two places, the Simpang Renggam Prison in Johor and Machang Prison in Kelantan.

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https://youtu.be/oY8osiXl7c0

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5 August 2016

The government’s plan to make Kamunting Detention Centre in Taiping the holding place for Islamic State (IS) militant detainees has drawn flak from opposition parties and local residents.

DAP Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming said he planned to launch a mass signature campaign to collect 10,000 signatures to dissuade the government from housing these detainees.

The detention centre, which had been used to house detainees of the Internal Security Act (ISA) since 1973, had severely tarnished the image of Taiping, he said in a statement.

The people in Taiping had waited for four decades to see the Kamunting Detention Centre closed and ISA abolished, he added.

But the announcement by deputy director-general of Prisons Department (security and correctional), Hassan Sakimon, that the centre would house IS militants was shocking, Nga said.

The government had ignored the community’s efforts to develop local tourism, he added.

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/351274

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