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Pact Would Protect Indonesian Maids in Malaysia
Malaysia would give Indonesian maids better protection from abuse and might offer education for children of Indonesian workers in their native language under proposed agreements between the countries, reports said.  ¹ The accord on maids’ rights could be signed by the middle of the year, the national news agency Bernama reported.

Malaysian Women Rescued from London Sex Ring.
Nineteen Malaysian women were rescued from two brothels during a pre-dawn crackdown on a multi-million ringgit human-trafficking racket.   Thirteen of the women were found in a six-bedroom townhouse in Hyde Park, west London, and six others in another brothel in Birmingham.

IOM Helping to Repatriate Woman Trafficking Victims from Malaysia
IOM plays an important role in combating trafficking in Southeast Asia.

Managing Migration in Southeast Asia
The incentives to migrate are rising because of increasing demographic and economic inequalities between countries.

Malaysia Promises to Act Against Human Trafficking
Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato' Seri Syed Hamid Albar has promised his country will act against Malaysians involved in human trafficking.

CWCC Report on Trafficking of Cambodian Women and Children to Malaysia
The Cambodian Women's Crisis Centre (CWCC) have recently released a report entitled "Trafficking of Cambodian Women and Children: Report of the Fact-Finding Mission in Malaysia." Research for the report was conducted in Malaysia during March and April of 2005.

UNESCO Radio Soap Operas in Minority Languages Ready for Distribution
From March 2005, UNESCO Bangkok's Culture Unit began to distribute audio materials of its ethnic minority language radio soap operas for the prevention of HIV/AIDS, trafficking and drug abuse across the Upper Mekong Sub-region.

Malaysia's Human Rights Commission Seeks Women Trafficking Crackdown
Malaysia must make new laws and work closer with countries such as Thailand, India and the Philippines to stop women from being trafficked into the country for prostitution and other illegal work, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia said in its annual report released at the beginning of July 2005.

Thai Trafficked Girls and Women Saved in Malaysia1
Officials from the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) and foreign ministries have rescued 20 Thai girls and women forced into prostitution in Malaysia.

Few Reports of Increased Human Trafficking in Tsunami-hit Nations
There has been virtually no increase in verified incidents of human trafficking in countries hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami, says John Miller, director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.

Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) Recommends that Review of Laws on Human Trafficking Needed
The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) was established by Parliament under the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia Act 1999, Act 597.

Ambassador John Miller Makes Recommendations to Protect Child Tsunami Victims
The following is a message sent from the Director of the U.S.

ASEAN Signs Declaration Against Trafficking in Persons Particularly Women and Children
Date: 29 November 2004 Venue: Vientiane, Laos PDR At the 10 th ASEAN Summit, in Vientiane, Laos PDR, heads of state of 10 countries in Southeast Asia signed a number of declarations.

Malaysia: Tenaganita launches Domestic Worker Action Line
Former domestic workers who had been abused in Malaysian homes officially launched DW Action Line witnessed by migrant workers, representatives from the Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia, Bangladesh High Commission, US Embassy, German Embassy, the Canadian High Commission, NGOs and the press.

Successful Case of Assisting Women and Girl Victims of Trafficking
Press Release* The Ministry of Women’s and Veterans’ Affairs (MoWVA), Cambodian Women Crisis Center (CWCC), Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility (CARAM) and United Nations Project on Human Trafficking in the Mekong Sub-Region (UNIAP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will held a press conference at 3:00 p.m.