Wednesday June 4, 2008
Chor: Concerted effort needed to curb human trafficking
By LISA GOH
KUALA LUMPUR: Human trafficking and smuggling is a global problem which can only be tackled through a regional concerted effort, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung.
“The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act can be effective within our country but human trafficking and smuggling is a regional and worldwide issue,” he said after he officiated the three-day Bali Process: Workshop on People Smuggling - Threat Assessments and Risk Analysis here.
“Information and intelligence sharing is important between the Bali Process member states.”
The Bali Process is a concerted effort among members on practical measures to help combat smuggling and trafficking in persons in the Asia-Pacific region.
Chor said human smuggling involves the cooperation of those affected, but human trafficking is by force.
On the Bandar Mahkota Cheras issue, Chor said he was unfairly criticised for his comment that he had not received reports on excessive force used by the police.
“I never said the police didn’t beat up the young man (Chang Jin Haur, 21). What I said was that I wasn’t there, so what I know is based on the report from the police,” he said.
Chang was hospitalised for injuries to his face and mouth when he and a friend were allegedly beaten up by police and FRU men who claimed that he had tried to run one of them down with his car.
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