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The officer said the alleged traffickers received US$500 (RM1,700) for each woman sent overseas and an additional US$1,000 (RM3,400) for each who found a foreign spouse.
Most of the 400 trafficked women were sent to Malaysia, the officer said, with others taken to Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea.
About 80 women found husbands in Malaysia and 223 others came back to Vietnam.
The whereabouts of nearly 100 others remain unknown, he said, adding that some may have been forced into prostitution, according to an Associated Press report.
Meanwhile, M. KUMAR reports from Petaling Jaya that syndicates involved in trafficking Vietnamese women to Malaysia were looking to marry the women off to locals willing to sponsor their travel expenses.
MCA Public Service and Complaints Department head Datuk Michael Chong, who said this, added that the travel expenses for a Vietnamese woman to come here could be as high as RM15,000.
“Once they get married, most of them will leave their husbands and run away,” he said, adding that some were forced into prostitution.
Chong said over the past two years, his office received an average of six to seven cases of missing Vietnamese wives here.
HANOI: Four individuals will be prosecuted for trafficking 400 women to Malaysia and other Asian countries, Vietnamese police said.
The trafficking ring was uncovered late last year in Ho Chi Minh city when police detained its alleged leader, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Yen, 53, and three of her associates after they helped a woman check in for a flight to Malaysia.
Most of the trafficked women were from Tay Ninh and other Mekong Delta provinces, said a provincial police officer yesterday.
He declined to give his name saying he was not authorised to speak to the media.
The trafficking ring was uncovered late last year in Ho Chi Minh city when police detained its alleged leader, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Yen, 53, and three of her associates after they helped a woman check in for a flight to Malaysia.
Most of the trafficked women were from Tay Ninh and other Mekong Delta provinces, said a provincial police officer yesterday.
He declined to give his name saying he was not authorised to speak to the media.
The officer said the alleged traffickers received US$500 (RM1,700) for each woman sent overseas and an additional US$1,000 (RM3,400) for each who found a foreign spouse.
Most of the 400 trafficked women were sent to Malaysia, the officer said, with others taken to Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea.
About 80 women found husbands in Malaysia and 223 others came back to Vietnam.
The whereabouts of nearly 100 others remain unknown, he said, adding that some may have been forced into prostitution, according to an Associated Press report.
Meanwhile, M. KUMAR reports from Petaling Jaya that syndicates involved in trafficking Vietnamese women to Malaysia were looking to marry the women off to locals willing to sponsor their travel expenses.
MCA Public Service and Complaints Department head Datuk Michael Chong, who said this, added that the travel expenses for a Vietnamese woman to come here could be as high as RM15,000.
“Once they get married, most of them will leave their husbands and run away,” he said, adding that some were forced into prostitution.
Chong said over the past two years, his office received an average of six to seven cases of missing Vietnamese wives here.
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