Article Tools Sponsored By
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 25, 2009
The prime minister promised Friday to investigate a report by American lawmakers saying that thousands of Myanmar refugees were handed over to traffickers and ended up working in Thai brothels. The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee found that illegal Myanmar migrants deported from Malaysia were often forced to work in brothels, fishing boats and restaurants in Thailand if they could not buy their freedom. “We do not want Malaysia to be used as a point for human trafficking,” Prime Minister Najib Razak, above, said. He said his government needed “more facts.”
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/25/world/asia/25briefs-Malaysia.html?_r=1
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 25, 2009
The prime minister promised Friday to investigate a report by American lawmakers saying that thousands of Myanmar refugees were handed over to traffickers and ended up working in Thai brothels. The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee found that illegal Myanmar migrants deported from Malaysia were often forced to work in brothels, fishing boats and restaurants in Thailand if they could not buy their freedom. “We do not want Malaysia to be used as a point for human trafficking,” Prime Minister Najib Razak, above, said. He said his government needed “more facts.”
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/25/world/asia/25briefs-Malaysia.html?_r=1
Comments
Post a Comment