§ Mr. Awberyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many people are in prison in Malaya and Singapore under the Emergency Regulations; how many have been brought to trial; how many were acquitted; and how many of those acquitted were sent to a detention camp.
§ Mr. Lyttelton,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 25th June, 1952; Vol. 502, c. 181] supplied the following further information:
The number of persons held under Emergency Regulations in prisons or detention camps in Malaya on 12th July was 5,081 (Federation of Malaya 4,918, Singapore 163). In Singapore 23 have been brought to trial and are serving sentences. None has been acquitted and subsequently detained. In the Federation of Malaya 573 are serving prison sentences after trial and conviction in the courts.It is not possible, without disproportionate effort by the Federation authorities, to ascertain how many persons have been brought to trial and acquitted and subsequently detained but there can be very few, if any, cases of this sort.