MORE OPERATIONS TO RESCUE HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 (Bernama) -- In continuous efforts to rescue victims
and rout human trafficking syndicates, the police would conduct more operations,
Criminal Investigation Department director Mohd Bakri Zinin said
Tuesday.

He said policemen would be assigned to 'hot spots' such as the Melaka
Straits and South China Sea as they were identified as main entry points for
syndicates to traffick victims abroad.

He was commenting on a report Monday, which quoted Home Minister
Hishammuddin Tun Hussein as saying that Malaysia had risen to Tier 2 of
Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) 2010 released by the US Department of State.

Mohd Bakri said the force would strengthen and expand its Anti-Human
Trafficking Unit by cooperating with other countries, such as Australia, Canada
and the US.

In addition, he said, policemen would undergo courses related to anti-human
trafficking to enable them to be more equipped when carrying out investigations
into the syndicates.

"We will also tighten existing laws affecting human trafficking, which
involves enforcement agencies, such as the immigration, customs and the like,"
he said.

According to the TIP 2009 published on June 16, last year, Malaysia had
fallen from Tier 2 to Tier 3.

-- BERNAMA



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