Hishammuddin commended his ministry’s officials for the status improvement. — file pic
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today he was informed of the new ranking in a letter from the US Embassy.
“This is recognition to all our efforts. I would like to congratulate KDN (home ministry) officials and our secretary-general,” he told reporters in Parliament.
Malaysia was downgraded to Tier 3 from Tier 2 in the same report last year.
It resulted in the strict enforcement of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act in 2007 to prosecute traffickers, and protect and rehabilitate the victims to improve Malaysia’s status.
Under the TIP, Tier 1 countries are those whose governments fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s (TVPA) minimum standards, while Tier 2 countries are countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards.
There are also those who are on the Tier 2 watch list, where they are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards and:
a) The absolute number of victims of severe forms of trafficking is very significant or is significantly increasing or;
b) There is a failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons from the previous year or;
c) The determination that a country is making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with minimum standards was based on commitments by the country to take additional future steps over the next year.
Tier 3 countries are whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so.
8 comments:
Malaysia has been upgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 by the US Department of States in the Trafficking in Persons (TIP. the good news viewed by the Home Minister as a recognition to all the efforts been made by govt under Home Ministry to eradicated such activities..hopefully, by this recognition, Malaysia will continue and make more effectively and efficiently efforts and methods to eradication human trafficking..
pemerdagangan manusia di sabah masih tinggi..tetapi tahniah tv3 kerana berjaya membongkar kejahatan ini dan membuka mata ramai masyarakat sabah
tahniah kerana malaysia berupaya mengurangkan jenayah pemerdagangan manusia
kalau tiada permintaan maka tiada berlaku jenayah ini di Malaysia. yang meminta itu juga harus diberkas
amat memalukan negara malaysia amat terkenal dengan masyarakat majmuk yang hidup bersatu padu dan saling hormat menghormati tetapi tinggi kadar jenayah pemerdagangan manusia. teruskan untuk memerangi jenayah tidak berperikemanusiaan ni
just continue to fight such crime and don't let this illegal activity making they profits in our country.
Congrats for successfully reduced the rate of human trafficking. I know there's more improving space to go.
We all should be aware of this and never loosen up on reducing the rate of human trafficking.
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