22 December 2008
Kuala Lumpur
32-year-old Punitha Raja has become the first person to be convicted in Malaysia under Section 13 of the Anti-Trafficking In Persons Act 2007 for forcing a 33-year-old woman into prostitution.
The Indian national pleaded guilty to committing the offence at her rented residence along Jalan Kolam Air 5, Sentul, on 7 December 2008 [...]
3 December 2008
Kuala Lumpur
Two women from China were offered jobs at a factory here but were forced into prostitution by an agent. 19-year-old Feng Yu and 21-year-old Yang Zhen were hoping for higher pay when they were persuaded by a friend to find work in Malaysia.
The agent, a local man only known as “Ah Keong”, [...]
27 March 2008
Putrajaya
16 foreign women have been rescued by the Immigration Department from the clutches of a human trafficking syndicate in two operations in Seremban and Johor Baru. Three members of the syndicate in their 30s have been arrested and remanded for between 4 and 14 days under the Anti-Trafficking In Persons Act 2007 came [...]
17 March 2008
Pontian
Three Indonesian prostitutes and seven foreign clients were found at a house in Pekan Nenas when a team of police raided the residence on Sunday at 8:30pm.
Police believe a syndicate was behind the operations, which had just started a few weeks ago and was serving foreign factory workers. The women were from Medan, [...]
3 February 2008
Kuala Lumpur
Police have smashed a vice syndicate operating along Jalan Pudu at a restaurant and in hotels nearby with the arrests of 49 prostitutes and 2 pimps on Friday night.
The foreign women were known to use the “kuaci seduction” method to hide their sexual services and lure male patrons at the restaurant. They [...]
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