KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia aims to attain Tier 1 status on the United States State Department Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report next year, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution.
The Home Minister said the country was presently placed in Tier 2, adding the government, through the Council for Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Mapo), was working hard to exert efforts to curb human trafficking and forced labour to improve its position under the worldwide standings.
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