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Indian-Origin Malaysian Man Executed In Singapore For Drug Trafficking
A Malaysian man found guilty of drug trafficking was executed on Wednesday in Singapore after a last-ditch legal challenge by his mother failed in a high-profile case that had attracted international calls for clemency, his family said.
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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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Sons Trafficked To Malaysia Allege 2 Women, Write To Sushma Swaraj
Two woman from Hyderabad have written to minister Sushma Swaraj, seeking her help on rescuing their sons who were allegedly trafficked to Malaysia
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Malaysia Halts People-Smuggling Ship Bound For Australia, New Zealand
Malaysia has arrested more than a dozen members of an alleged people trafficking syndicate after intercepting a ship carrying 127 Sri Lankan migrants believed to be bound for Australia and New Zealand, authorities have said.
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41-Year-Old Indian Woman Sentenced To Death In Malaysia
A 41-year-old Indian woman, reportedly a beauty parlour owner in New Delhi, has been sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for trafficking over 1.6 kg of drugs.
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29 Philippine Women Rescued From Trafficking In Malaysia
Malaysian police have rescued 29 Filipinas who had been trafficked into work in bars, the Philippine embassy in Kuala Lumpur said today.
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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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Indian-Origin Malaysian Man Executed In Singapore For Drug Trafficking
A Malaysian man found guilty of drug trafficking was executed on Wednesday in Singapore after a last-ditch legal challenge by his mother failed in a high-profile case that had attracted international calls for clemency, his family said.
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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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Sons Trafficked To Malaysia Allege 2 Women, Write To Sushma Swaraj
Two woman from Hyderabad have written to minister Sushma Swaraj, seeking her help on rescuing their sons who were allegedly trafficked to Malaysia
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Malaysia Halts People-Smuggling Ship Bound For Australia, New Zealand
Malaysia has arrested more than a dozen members of an alleged people trafficking syndicate after intercepting a ship carrying 127 Sri Lankan migrants believed to be bound for Australia and New Zealand, authorities have said.
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41-Year-Old Indian Woman Sentenced To Death In Malaysia
A 41-year-old Indian woman, reportedly a beauty parlour owner in New Delhi, has been sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for trafficking over 1.6 kg of drugs.
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29 Philippine Women Rescued From Trafficking In Malaysia
Malaysian police have rescued 29 Filipinas who had been trafficked into work in bars, the Philippine embassy in Kuala Lumpur said today.
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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.
