PUTRAJAYA: Wisma Putra has expressed disappointment over the United States State Department Trafficking in Persons Report 2014 released in Washington DC on June 20, which downgraded Malaysia to Tier 3 from the previous standing of the Tier 2 Watch List.
It called on the US State Department to reconsider its assessment on Malaysia, taking into account the measures that are currently being implemented to address human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants. It also said that Malaysia was serious and committed in solving the problem.