Flashback #Star50: Trafficked by colleges


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 28 Dec 2021

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It was shocking.

Student trafficking syndicates operating in Bangladesh and Malaysia lured young Bangladeshis with the promise of jobs and college placings.

The story, which came out on Aug 14, 2017, won the Kajai Award; while assistant chief designer Foo Chern Hwan won in the best front page design category attheMalaysianPress Institute (MPI)-Petronas Malaysian Journalism Awards 2017.

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