Mashitah files lawsuit over human trafficking claims


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KUALA LUMPUR: Former deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim is suing two people and their organisation over allegations linking her to a human trafficking syndicate in Myanmar.Mashitah, 60, filed the suit through Messrs Akberdin & Co at the Shah Alam High Court on Sept 9.

She named Malaysian International Humanitarian Organisation (MHO) chairman Datuk Hishamuddin Hashim, 45; MHO committee member Azirul Syafiq Sazali, 29; and the organisation as the defendants, according to Bernama.

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