PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Bar has questioned the use of the Anti-Trafficking In Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Atipsom) Act in the case of the three Mongolian women, two of whom were allegedly raped by a police inspector.
Its president Salim Bashir said the use of Atipsom in this instance had the potential to shift the focus of the investigation from the alleged rape to the background and status of the three women.
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