US downgrade does not reflect Government's effort to fight human trafficking


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 26 Jun 2014

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s downgrade in the US State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2014 does not reflect the Government’s commitment to combat the crime, the Home Ministry said in a statement.

It also pointed out that Malaysia had been on the TIP tier 2 watch list for the last four years and had fallen automatically to tier 3.

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