Malaysian police rescue 136 Vietnamese women from prostitution den

The New Straits Times on January 4 reported that Malaysian police had just rescued 184 foreign women, aged 21-38, believed to be victims of human trafficking during a raid on a nightclub on P. Ramlee Road in the capital Kuala Lumpur.

Police from the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Royal Malaysian Police check the passport of a woman suspected of being a victim of human trafficking. Photo: Bernama

Roslee Chick, a police officer from the Royal Malaysian Police's Anti-Social Evils Unit (D7), said 60 D7 and Kuala Lumpur police officers participated in the raid on the night of January 3 to free the foreign women, including 136 Vietnamese, 17 Filipinos, 17 Uzbeks, 4 Indonesians, 4 Thais, 4 Armenians and 2 Russians.

The checks revealed that 25 of them did not have passports and are being investigated for not having identification documents, while the rest will be investigated as victims of human trafficking.

Mr. Roslee said foreign girls, including Vietnamese, were lured to Malaysia with the promise of high-paying jobs. However, when they arrived here, they were forced by scammers to serve customers and become sex slaves at nightclubs.

He also said police had arrested two Malaysian men who were managers and 13 employees hired as bodyguards at the venue.

According to Mr. Roslee, based on information collected during the investigation, the two managers are believed to have illegally participated in a human trafficking ring into Malaysia.

According to Vietnam+