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By JULIA ZAPPEI / AP WRITER
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian authorities have arrested five immigration officers suspected of selling illegal immigrants from Burma to human traffickers, police said Tuesday.
It is the first time Malaysia has found evidence that government officials were involved in the forced labor exploitation of Burmese migrants at its border with Thailand—an accusation that prompted the US State Department to put Malaysia on a list of top trafficking offenders last month.
Police federal crimes investigation head Mohamad Bakri Zinin said authorities have arrested five Immigrat |
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Friday, 31 July 2009 |
9 human traffickers nabbed By pekwan Created Tuesday, July 21st Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 07:38:00  [1]
RAH MAN: Unaware of the arrests POLICE have arrested nine people for alleged involvement in an international human trafficking ring. Five senior Johor Immigration Department officers were among those arrested. The suspects were believed to have received payment for the ‘'sale'' of Rohingya refugees, as forced labour in the fisheries industry. Contacted by Malay Mail yesterday, Immigration Department director-general, Abdul Rahman Othman said he was unaware of the arrests. He maintained that the Immigration Department had set up internal investigations into the alleged involvement of its officers |
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Five immigration officers nabbed for human trafficking 2009/07/20 KUALA LUMPUR: Nine people, including five Johor Immigration Department officers, were arrested in several locations in the state since Friday, for alleged involvement in an international human trafficking syndicate.
The suspects were believed to have received payments from a syndicate for the ''sale'' of a group of people, comprising mostly Rohingya refugees, as forced labour in various sectors like the fisheries industry.
Bukit Aman CID director Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin said the police had been monitoring the activities of the suspects, aged between 25 and 40, since March this year.
"According to a victim, the suspects were directly involved in human trafficking, starting from the Malaysia-Thai border to the rat trail believed to be their exit point to international countries. |
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Tuesday, 02 June 2009 |
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Jun 1, 09 6:06pm
Human trafficking and drug smuggling have replaced pirate attacks as the leading crime threat off Malaysia's long coastline, a top maritime official said today. MCPX "Piracy has been gradually reduced. But the main challenges (now) are smuggling of humans and there is also the smuggling of drugs," said Admiral Mohamad Amdan Kurish of the Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency. "That needs to be checked. Last year we scored a major drug bust, there was an attempt to bring in 200 kilograms of ganja (marijuana) from the Golden Triangle," he told reporters. |
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Thursday, 30 April 2009 |
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NOTE: The complete official report (24 pages) is available at http://media.ft.com/cms/1c246172-2f46-11de-b52f-00144feabdc0.pdfBy Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington Published: April 22 2009 16:41 | Last updated: April 22 2009 16:41 An influential US senator has accused Malaysian officials of complicity in the human trafficking of Burmese refugees who have been sold into prostitution and other kinds of forced labour in recent years. |
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Thursday, 23 April 2009 |
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CHENNAI: Complaining of neglect and harassment by the mafia, police and political leaders, sex workers in the city have come together to boycott polls if their demands are not met. Around 2,100 sex workers belonging to the organization Indira Female Peer Educators Collective (IFPEC), which comes under the umbrella of the Indian Community Welfare Organisation (ICWO), said that they had been fighting for recognition for years. Since no positive response has ever been forthcoming, they have now given a clarion call for action - No Status, No Vote'. |
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