Weak and hungry victims of human trafficking rescued in police raids


The picture of the four Myanmar foreign illegal workers which were wrongfully chained by a man in Sungai Petani, Kedah. (Captioned by photographer G.C.TAN / THE STAR -20th February 2014)

SUNGAI PETANI: When the four Myanmar men were finally rescued, they were weak, hungry and stripped of all dignity as human traffickers had chained them together like slaves.

The chained four were among the 15 foreigners rescued by police in raids here and in George Town, Penang.

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