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Malaysia ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol in February 2009. [1] In 2014 Malaysia was a destination and a source and transit country for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically conditions of forced prostitution and for men, women, and children who were in conditions of forced labour. [2]
Nearly a third of migrant workers employed in domestic households in Malaysia are working under forced labour conditions, according to a survey released by the United Nations' labour agency on ...
Malaysia, according to Amnesty International, "is a destination and, to a lesser extent, a source and transit country for women and children trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation, and men, women, and children for forced labour... Malaysia improved from Tier 3 to the Tier 2 Watch List for 2008 when it enacted comprehensive ...
Malaysia's predominant human trafficking crime is forced labour, the U.S State Department said on Friday, after downgrading the Southeast Asian country to the worst tier in its annual report on ...
Malaysia's government pledged Monday to take steps to eliminate forced labor after the country was downgraded by the U.S. to the worst level in an annual report on human trafficking. Human ...
Malaysian citizens, primarily women and girls, [6] have been sex trafficked into other countries in Asia and different continents. [7] Many are forced into prostitution and or marriage [2] [8] and unfree labour. [9] Victims are threatened and experience physically and psychologically abuse. [3] They contract sexually transmitted diseases from ...
The Constitution of Malaysia, Part II, article 6, states: [1] No person shall be held in slavery. All forms of forced labour are prohibited, but Parliament may by law provide for compulsory service for national purposes.
Malaysia said on Thursday it viewed U.S. allegations of forced labour in palm oil plantations as an "old issue" but it was willing to take appropriate action if needed. Last month, the U.S ...