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Child Sex Abuse Exposed At Malaysian Firm Running Orphanages Worldwide
The organisation is facing allegations of running a cult-like institution that forced followers to work, have multiple children to populate orphanages, and raise donations funding their lavish lifestyles
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Indonesia Finds 193 Bangladeshis Locked Up In A Shop
Indonesian police found 193 Bangladeshis locked up in a shop house after human traffickers had lured them with the promise of getting them to Malaysia, an immigration official said
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As Barack Obama Heads to Malaysia, Human Trafficking Stance Questioned
Inus bin Abul Baser, an 18-year-old from Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, believed he'd escaped the worst when he managed to buy his freedom from human traffickers in Thailand and enter Malaysia in search of security and work.
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Malaysia Finds More Graves And Human Remains Near Thai Border
Malaysian police said on Sunday they had found 24 human skeletons - all believed to be victims of trafficking - in newly discovered graves along the Thai border in the northern Malaysian state of Perlis.
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Malaysia Finds Mass Graves of 24 Suspected Human Trafficking Victims
Malaysian authorities have found mass graves containing the remains of more than 20 people believed to be human trafficking victims near the border with Thailand, police said on Sunday.
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US Senators Express Concern Over Malaysia Human-Trafficking Rating
Nineteen US senators, including Democrats and Republicans, sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday expressing 'grave concern' that Malaysia may be upgraded in this year's US list of human trafficking offenders.
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ASEAN Launches Fund to Share Cost of Hosting Trafficking Victims
Southeast Asian countries Thursday launched a fund to share the cost of hosting human trafficking victims, after a regional migrant crisis saw victims ping-ponged between countries reluctant to accept them.
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Malaysia Bids Sombre Farewell to Nameless Rohingya Dead
Malaysian authorities today held a sombre mass funeral for 21 suspected ethnic Rohingya found in human-trafficking graves last month, with fellow Muslims praying for the unidentified victims to find a place in heaven.
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Malaysia Removes Bodies From Mass Graves on Eve of Talks on Human Trafficking
Malaysian police today removed the remains of nine people from jungle camps near the Thai border where an estimated 139 bodies are believed to have been buried in a still unfolding people-smuggling crisis in Southeast Asia.
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Malaysian Government Missed Clues on Trafficking
Malaysia's government has expressed shock at finding human-trafficking camps and graves near the Thai border, but for local villagers like Sani Hashim the human clues were right there in plain sight.
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Malaysian Trafficking Camps 'Abandoned After Crackdown'
Malaysian police believe at least two of the jungle camps where they have found nearly 140 graves of suspected human trafficking victims were abandoned in the last two to three weeks, around the time that Thailand launched a crackdown on people smugglers.
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Malaysia Finds 139 Graves at 'Cruel' Jungle Trafficking Camps
Malaysia has found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs smuggling migrants across the border with Thailand, the country's police chief said on Monday.
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No Human Trafficking Camps Left in Southern Thailand, Say Police
Thai police said today there were no human trafficking camps left in southern Thailand following a month-long crackdown and the discovery of seven camps in mountainous jungle near the Thai-Malaysian border.
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Mass Graves of Suspected Trafficking Victims Found in Malaysia
Mass graves and suspected human-trafficking detention camps have been discovered by Malaysian police in towns and villages bordering Thailand, the country's home minister said on Sunday.
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Thai Human Trafficking 'Kingpin' Hands Himself In: Police
A former Thai regional official accused of being a major people trafficking kingpin turned himself in today, police said, as the kingdom continues a belated blitz against the lucrative trade.
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Child Sex Abuse Exposed At Malaysian Firm Running Orphanages Worldwide
The organisation is facing allegations of running a cult-like institution that forced followers to work, have multiple children to populate orphanages, and raise donations funding their lavish lifestyles
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Indonesia Finds 193 Bangladeshis Locked Up In A Shop
Indonesian police found 193 Bangladeshis locked up in a shop house after human traffickers had lured them with the promise of getting them to Malaysia, an immigration official said
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As Barack Obama Heads to Malaysia, Human Trafficking Stance Questioned
Inus bin Abul Baser, an 18-year-old from Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, believed he'd escaped the worst when he managed to buy his freedom from human traffickers in Thailand and enter Malaysia in search of security and work.
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Malaysia Finds More Graves And Human Remains Near Thai Border
Malaysian police said on Sunday they had found 24 human skeletons - all believed to be victims of trafficking - in newly discovered graves along the Thai border in the northern Malaysian state of Perlis.
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Malaysia Finds Mass Graves of 24 Suspected Human Trafficking Victims
Malaysian authorities have found mass graves containing the remains of more than 20 people believed to be human trafficking victims near the border with Thailand, police said on Sunday.
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US Senators Express Concern Over Malaysia Human-Trafficking Rating
Nineteen US senators, including Democrats and Republicans, sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday expressing 'grave concern' that Malaysia may be upgraded in this year's US list of human trafficking offenders.
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ASEAN Launches Fund to Share Cost of Hosting Trafficking Victims
Southeast Asian countries Thursday launched a fund to share the cost of hosting human trafficking victims, after a regional migrant crisis saw victims ping-ponged between countries reluctant to accept them.
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Malaysia Bids Sombre Farewell to Nameless Rohingya Dead
Malaysian authorities today held a sombre mass funeral for 21 suspected ethnic Rohingya found in human-trafficking graves last month, with fellow Muslims praying for the unidentified victims to find a place in heaven.
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Malaysia Removes Bodies From Mass Graves on Eve of Talks on Human Trafficking
Malaysian police today removed the remains of nine people from jungle camps near the Thai border where an estimated 139 bodies are believed to have been buried in a still unfolding people-smuggling crisis in Southeast Asia.
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Malaysian Government Missed Clues on Trafficking
Malaysia's government has expressed shock at finding human-trafficking camps and graves near the Thai border, but for local villagers like Sani Hashim the human clues were right there in plain sight.
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Malaysian Trafficking Camps 'Abandoned After Crackdown'
Malaysian police believe at least two of the jungle camps where they have found nearly 140 graves of suspected human trafficking victims were abandoned in the last two to three weeks, around the time that Thailand launched a crackdown on people smugglers.
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Malaysia Finds 139 Graves at 'Cruel' Jungle Trafficking Camps
Malaysia has found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs smuggling migrants across the border with Thailand, the country's police chief said on Monday.
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No Human Trafficking Camps Left in Southern Thailand, Say Police
Thai police said today there were no human trafficking camps left in southern Thailand following a month-long crackdown and the discovery of seven camps in mountainous jungle near the Thai-Malaysian border.
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Mass Graves of Suspected Trafficking Victims Found in Malaysia
Mass graves and suspected human-trafficking detention camps have been discovered by Malaysian police in towns and villages bordering Thailand, the country's home minister said on Sunday.
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Thai Human Trafficking 'Kingpin' Hands Himself In: Police
A former Thai regional official accused of being a major people trafficking kingpin turned himself in today, police said, as the kingdom continues a belated blitz against the lucrative trade.
