IN response to the recently released 2018 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report by the US State Department, which saw Malaysia slip one step into the Tier 2 Watch List, the Home Minister has said (among other things) that the government will consider amending the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 (Act 670) by enhancing the sentences on offenders.
It may be true that enhanced penalties, including a mandatory spell in prison, may discourage a few would-be human traffickers.
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