Article Review of Suhana Saad & Ali Salman by Khairulanwar Bin Ismail

1. Government Policy and the
Challenge of Eradicating
Human Trafficking in Malaysia
Suhana Saad & Ali Salman
Presented by : Khairulanwar Bin Ismail
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2. Definition :
Human Trafficking referred to recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or
receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use the force or other forms of
coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, abuse of power or a position of
vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments/benefits to achieve the
consent of a person having control over another person for purpose exploitation
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2003)
Human Trafficking :
•Multi Dimensional Issue
•Involving forced prostitution and forced labor
• The majority of the victims were from Indonesia, Nepal, India, Thailand, China,
Philippines.
• U.S placed Malaysia at Level 2 Monitoring List in 2015.
• Malaysia’s Government targeting the Level 1 rank.

3. Issues
Issues
Border Control
-Lack of
Authority
- Wide Coverage
Fraud Sydicate
-Offering sucrative salary
& good job
- work in plantation sites,
construction & textiles
-- Prostitution
Lack of Effort by the
government in
educating the
society
•Lack provision of
effective victim care
•Counselling by
authorities

4. Identification of Human Trafficking
Process Means Purpose
•Recruitment
•Transportation
•Transfer
• Harbouring
• Receipt of persons
• Threat
• Force
•Coercion
•Abduction
•Fraud
• Deception
• Abuse of Power
• Abuse of Vulnerability
•Giving and receiving of
payments
• Exploitation which
includes :
a. Prostitution & other
forms of sexual
exploitation
b. Forced labor & services
c. Slavery & similar
practices
d. Involuntary servitude
e. Removal of organs

5. Anti-Trafficking laws in Malaysia
• Anti Trafficking in Persons and Anti Smuggling of
Migrants Act 2007
a. Section 12, Section 13, Section 14, Section 15 &
Section 15A.
b. Section 12 ( offenders involved shall be liable to
imprisonment not exceeding 15 years and a fine
(Secretariat Trafficking in Persons & Smuggling of
Migrants, 2011).
c. Section 14- Trafficking children (Imprisonment not
less 3 years but not exceeding 20 years & possible fine
d. Section 15- getting profit from the exploitation
(Imprisonment not exceeding 15 years and a fine of
RM 500,000)

6. The Strategies to Eradicate Human Trafficking
The
Strategies
•Eliciting Public Cooperation
- Encourage public participation in reporting the case.
•Enforcing ‘ One District one Investigation Officer’
-The roles of PDRM & Attorney General Office in appointing
deputy prosecution
• Strengthening legal regulatory mechanism
- Amending act by incorporating new offense for smuggling of immigrants and
increase the penalty.
•Integrating operations
- Intelligence sharing among enforcement agencies like APMM, TLDM
• Mobilising the NGO’s
- NCWO, IKMAS, SUHAKAM, CAMSA & Council of Child Welfare
•Cooperating with foreign countries
- Bilateral Cooperation such as Australia, Britain, U.S & Netherland
•The usage of social media
- Facebook, Websites and etc.

7. Conclusion
• In order to eradicating the human trafficking
the cooperation from the public is needed by
the government.
• The integration between the government
agencies and foreign countries plays an
important roles in combating the trafficking.
• The social media helps in creating the
awareness among the publics.