ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Dec. 5, 2012) – Malaysian authorities have rescued 105 people, including six Filipino women, who were victims of abuse and human trafficking, the Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur told the Mindanao Examiner.
It said 12 people – five Indonesians, three Cambodians and a Filipina – who were either working or connected with the Agensi Pekerjaan Sentosa Sdn Bhd have been arrested.
The Philippine Embassy said the women were rescued by immigration police in a building in Bandar Baru Klang town in Selangor, where they had been locked up along with 95 Indonesians and four Cambodians.
“The women have alleged been physically abused and only fed twice a day,” it said, adding those rescued were placed in a shelter under interim protection order as authorities continue its investigation.
Ambassador J. Eduardo Malaya said they have cancelled the accreditation of the placement agency which deployed the 6 Filipinas.
“To better protect our nationals, the Philippine Embassy has cancelled the license of the agency involved in the maltreatment of 105 foreign workers, including the six Filipinas. What the agency has done is a violation of human rights and is an egregious infraction of the terms of its accreditation,” he said. (Mindanao Examiner)
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