KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 -- A total of 465 deaths among detainees were recorded at immigration detention depots between 2021 and 2025.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the figure came from a cumulative total of 349,856 admissions into immigration depots during the same period, representing a mortality rate of 0.13 per cent, reported Harian Metro.

He said 393 cases, or 84.5 per cent, involved male detainees, while 60 cases involved female detainees.

For children, 12 deaths were recorded, comprising eight boys and four girls.

"The highest number of deaths involved Filipino nationals at 222 cases, followed by Indonesians (109 cases) and Myanmar nationals (61 cases)," he said.

"The remaining 73 cases (15.7 per cent) i...