KUKUP: Police have cited the narrow and relatively calm waterways that take between 20 and 40 minutes to navigate across as one of the main reasons there is rampant human trafficking between Indonesia's Riau Islands and Johor.
The southern end of the Malacca Straits which separates islands such as Batam and Karimau from Johor was also a busy waterway plied by fishing and barter trade boats. This easy accessibility is sometimes abused by illegal syndicates.
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