Kamunting

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Kamunting is the biggest satelite town in Taiping Larut& Matang district, Perak, Malaysia. It is also the biggest industrail town in Taiping and is famous mainly for being home to the Kamunting prison for detainees under the Internal Security Act, many of whom are held without trial for an indefinite period. The prison has been nicknamed "Malaysia's Gitmo" (referring to the Guantanamo or Gitmo prison for similar detainees in Cuba run by the United States), and holds about a hundred detainees as of 2006.^[1]

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^ U.S. 'war on terrorism' weakens Malaysia rights campaign. (Sept. 10, 2006). Malaysia Today.

	Perak Darul Ridzuan
Districts: Kinta \| Larut, Matang \| Hilir Perak \| Manjung \| Batang Padang \| Kerian \| Kuala Kangsar \| Hulu Perak \| Perak Tengah \| Selama
City: Ipoh
Towns: Ayer Tawar \| Bagan Datoh \| Bagan Sungai Burong \| Batak Rabit \| Batu Gajah \| Behrang \| Bercham \| Beruas \| Bidor \| Bikam \| Bota \| Bukit Merah \| Changkat Jering \| Chemor \| Damar Laut \| Gerik \| Gopeng \| Hutan Melintang \| Jelapang \| Jenderata \| Kamunting \| Kampar \| Keroh \| Kota Setia \| Kuala Kangsar \| Kuala Sepetang \| Lekir \| Lenggong \| Lumut \| Malim Nawar \| Mambang Di Awan \| Menglembu \| Pantai Remis \| Parit \| Parit Buntar \| Pasir Salak \| Pekan Gurney \| Pengkalan Hulu \| Proton City \| Sayong \| Selama \| Seri Iskandar \| Seri Manjung \| Simpang Pulai \| Simpang Tiga \| Sitiawan \| Slim \| Slim River \| Sungai Siput \| Taiping \| Tambun \| Tanjung Malim \| Tanjung Rambutan \| Tapah \| Tapah Road \| Teluk Batik \| Teluk Intan \| Teluk Rubiah \| Ternoh \| Terolak \| Terong \| Teronoh \| Tringkap
Islands: Pulau Pangkor