Source: The Star Online
March 7, 2012
KUALA LUMPUR: Thirty-two Bangladeshi victims of human trafficking of labour exploitation will be the first group to take up employment here under the government's policy on human trafficking victims.
Deputy Home Minister Datuk Lee Chee Leong said the first group would be released Wednesday from the shelter home to take up employment in Malaysia for a three year period.
He said the policy decision was announced by Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein on the sidelines of the Bali Process Workshop on Protection of Victims of Trafficking in Persons that Malaysia jointly hosted with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 12.
"To provide better protection for victims of human trafficking, the government announced a major policy decision allowing the victims for labour exploitation cases to work in Malaysia upon their release from the shelter homes," Lee said in a statement on Wednesday.
"Nevertheless certain conditions are imposed, namely prior consent from the victims is required, approval from their diplomatic missions, confirmation that the victims' safety is not guaranteed if they return to their country of origin and they have entered this country legally."
According to the current procedure, he said, once released from the shelter homes the victims would be returned to their country of origin.
"The move by the Malaysian government on this matter strongly reflects Malaysia's endeavour and continuous progress towards providing better protection for victims of human trafficking in this country.
"This is due to the fact that victims' protection and rehabilitation is one of the crucial elements in the global effort to combat human trafficking, in addition to prosecution of the perpetrators of this heinous crime," he said. - Bernama
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