‘Blame has to be shared’


MONDAY, AUGUST 29 KUALA LUMPUR- Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department S.K. Devamany opens 5th MIMA South China Sea Conference 2016 at 0930 (0130 GMT) PUTRAJAYA- Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi(pic) receives courtesy call from Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan at 1145 (0345 GMT)

PUTRAJAYA: Source countries of human trafficking must also be held accountable, instead of just zeroing in on the recipient countries, said Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic).

The Deputy Prime Minister said it was not fair for countries where victims of human smuggling ended up in to be solely blamed while countries where these people were taken from were unaffected by it.

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