The Malaysian Government is COMPLICIT in human trafficking and slavery [View all]

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The government has not cracked down, according to sources such HRW. In fact, the government which has enormous issues with corruption, has been complicit according to our own State Department review in 2014. The new review is out soon and cynic that I am, I worry that it will minimize the state of affairs.

Apologists and defenders of this shit here on DU? Disgusting and shameful. And please don't even begin with the shit about how in the past year they've taken "concrete" steps and suddenly all the corruption that enables these horrors has been cleaned up. Foul to claim that crap.


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In its 2014 survey, for instance, the State Department explicitly accused the Malaysian government of conniving with people smugglers to worsen the predicament of victims: “Victims were not allowed to leave the country pending trial proceedings. The government’s policy of forcing trafficking victims into facilities discouraged victims from bringing cases to the government’s attention or cooperating with authorities…..Some foreign embassies sheltered victims directly to expedite their repatriation and protect them from detention in Malaysian facilities during lengthy criminal proceedings. Some NGOs reported that they did not refer victims to the police, as they believed doing so was detrimental to the welfare of the victims.

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/eamonnfingleton/2015/05/25/grisly-human-trafficking-discoveries-may-doom-obamas-troubled-trade-strategy/



http://time.com/2903416/malaysia-thailand-human-trafficking/

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/27/asia/hrw-rohingya-forced-onto-migrant-boats/