What Malaysia and Malaysians must do to check human trafficking


By AGENCY

File photo of an abandoned trafficking camp in Wang Kelian, Perlis in 2015. Photo: CHAN BOON KAI/ The Star

Border control measures need to be tightened and weaknesses rectified, especially issues related to corruption, to prevent the country from being targeted by international human trafficking syndicates, said human rights activist Datuk Dr Madeline Berma.

She said if firm action was not taken to improve the existing system and the community’s indifference towards human trafficking was allowed to continue, it was possible that a discovery of a mass grave such as the discovery of the one in Wang Kelian, Perlis, a few years ago could recur.

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