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The Kamunting Detention Centre (KEMTA; Malay: Kem Tahanan Perlindungan Kamunting) is a prison camp in Kamunting, Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia. The prison is used by the government to detain and interrogate persons arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA). The detention is also known as Malaysia's Supermax prison or Maximum security prison. It is alleged that this is the site where the Malaysian authorities would hold up political prisoners. Among notable events which prompted widespread use of the ISA were Operation Lalang in 1987 and the years during the Reformasi movement, beginning 1999. The centre has also been used to detain other groups of people declared by the government to be a threat to national security such as terrorists and cults. Some notable group

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rdfs:label	Kamunting Detention Centre (en)
rdfs:comment	The Kamunting Detention Centre (KEMTA; Malay: Kem Tahanan Perlindungan Kamunting) is a prison camp in Kamunting, Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia. The prison is used by the government to detain and interrogate persons arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA). The detention is also known as Malaysia's Supermax prison or Maximum security prison. It is alleged that this is the site where the Malaysian authorities would hold up political prisoners. Among notable events which prompted widespread use of the ISA were Operation Lalang in 1987 and the years during the Reformasi movement, beginning 1999. The centre has also been used to detain other groups of people declared by the government to be a threat to national security such as terrorists and cults. Some notable group (en)
foaf:name	Kamunting Detention Centre (en) Kem Tahanan Perlindungan Kamunting (en)
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geo:long	100.736946 (xsd:float)
location	Perak Malaysia Kamunting
dcterms:subject	1973 establishments in Malaysia Politics of Malaysia Larut, Matang and Selama District Prisons in Malaysia Terrorism in Malaysia Buildings and structures in Perak Islamism in Malaysia Communism in Malaysia
Wikipage page ID	18454965 (xsd:integer)
Wikipage revision ID	1111695765 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	1973 establishments in Malaysia Perak James Wong (politician) Ministry of Home Affairs (Malaysia) Mohamad Sabu Politics of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim Larut, Matang and Selama District Lim Guan Eng Lim Kit Siang Malaysia Prisons in Malaysia Supermax Terrorism in Malaysia Al-Ma'unah Al-Arqam Buildings and structures in Perak Islamism in Malaysia Jeffrey Kitingan Teresa Kok Hamzah Zainuddin Kamunting Karpal Singh Larut, Matang and Selama District Communism in Malaysia Internal Security Act (Malaysia) Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj Minister of Defence (Malaysia) Minister of Finance (Malaysia) Operation Lalang Reformasi (Malaysia) Political prisoner Tuang Pik King dbr:Ministry_of_Primary_Industry
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classification	Supermax (en)
director	Hamzah Zainuddin
location	Perak Malaysia Kamunting
opened	November 1973 (en)
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has abstract	The Kamunting Detention Centre (KEMTA; Malay: Kem Tahanan Perlindungan Kamunting) is a prison camp in Kamunting, Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia. The prison is used by the government to detain and interrogate persons arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA). The detention is also known as Malaysia's Supermax prison or Maximum security prison. It is alleged that this is the site where the Malaysian authorities would hold up political prisoners. Among notable events which prompted widespread use of the ISA were Operation Lalang in 1987 and the years during the Reformasi movement, beginning 1999. The centre has also been used to detain other groups of people declared by the government to be a threat to national security such as terrorists and cults. Some notable groups detained in Kamunting includes the Al-Arqam cult and the Al-Ma'unah terrorist group. (en)
managed by	Ministry of Home Affairs (Malaysia)
prison name	Kamunting Detention Centre (en) Kem Tahanan Perlindungan Kamunting (en)
gold:hypernym	Camp
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