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Stop being in denial and investigate the sale of illegal immigrants at the Malaysia-Thailand border to human trafficking syndicates.
Klang member of parliament Charles Santiago and non-governmental organisation Tenaganita, who made the call, urged the government to recognise the issue and set up an independent commission to investigate.
Santiago, who raised the issue in Parliament last year, says the Immigration Department must be transparent and reveal the process of deportation in the wake of accusations by the US Senate that Malaysian officials are involved in human trafficking of illegal immigrants, especially of Myanmar nationals, at the Malaysia-Thailand border.
The New Straits Times
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