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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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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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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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Advertisements trick women into sex work in Malaysia
Advertisements pinned on the walls of shopping malls in Uganda's capital promise young women a free ticket to a well-paying job in Malaysia as a nanny, maid or bartender. Instead many are forced to become "sex slaves" to pay off travel fees and other costs amounting to as much as $7,000. The traffickers brainwash their victims into believing they m...
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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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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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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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Advertisements trick women into sex work in Malaysia
Advertisements pinned on the walls of shopping malls in Uganda's capital promise young women a free ticket to a well-paying job in Malaysia as a nanny, maid or bartender. Instead many are forced to become "sex slaves" to pay off travel fees and other costs amounting to as much as $7,000. The traffickers brainwash their victims into believing they m...
