News Human Trafficking In Malaysia

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News human trafficking in malaysia. Al jazeera english 23 jan 2018 15 33 cet hrw. Human trafficking has become an alarming trend in malaysia often times involving sexual exploitation and forced labour. Department of state s trafficking in persons tip report which gauges how countries worldwide are performing in combating human trafficking. For the third consecutive year malaysia remains on the tier 2 watchlist of the trafficking in persons report.

Ministry of communications and multimedia deputy secretary general. By benarnews staff on jun 25 2020. Human trafficking in malaysia video news all the latest and breaking human trafficking in malaysia news. Huzir said this was the third phase in the police s ongoing plan to eradicate human trafficking in malaysia with the first stage conducted before the movement control order mco and the second.

Malaysia secured 140 human trafficking convictions between 2014 and 2018 despite launching more than 1 600 investigations and identifying almost 3 000 victims. Malaysia human trafficking news monitoring. Forced labour trafficking continue in thai fishing industry. Malaysia s low conviction record highlights gaps in its anti trafficking law since an offense can only be proven if there was physical coercion said human rights lawyer edmund bon from amerbon.

The 2007 anti trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants atipsom act amended in 2010 and 2015 criminalized labor trafficking and sex trafficking and prescribed punishments of three to 20 years imprisonment and a fine which were sufficiently stringent and with respect to sex trafficking commensurate with those prescribed for other serious offenses such as rape. Fortify rights noted malaysia s low ranking in the most recent u s. The majority of trafficking victims are foreign workers who migrate willingly to malaysia from indonesia nepal india thailand china. Malaysia is a destination and to a lesser extent a source and transit country for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons specifically conditions of forced prostitution and for men women and children who are in conditions of forced labour.

Get by email rss. Bangladesh moves up in us report on human trafficking. Malaysia was ranked in may as a tier 2 watchlist country the report s second lowest ranking over inaction on the wang kelian.