Batu Lintang camp
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Background
Batu Lintang camp (also known as Lintang Barracks and Kuching POW camp) at Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo was a Japanese-run internment camp during the Second World War. It was unusual in that it housed both Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian internees. The camp, which operated from March 1942 until the liberation of the camp in September 1945, was housed in buildings that were originally British Indian Army barracks. The original area was extended by the Japanese, until it covered about 50 acres (20 hectares). The camp population fluctuated, due to movement of prisoners between camps in Borneo, and as a result of the deaths of the prisoners.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1941
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
JapanPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1941
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
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Known issues
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Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Related facilities
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Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q2147549)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Batu Lintang camp. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/batu-lintang-camp
"Batu Lintang camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/batu-lintang-camp.
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