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MALAYSIA: Gov’t Urged to Stem the Tide of Child Trafficking

MALAYSIA: KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 27 (IPS) - "My family was starving. . . . I was sold to people who brought me here to work and feed my family back home," said Ah Mun, a victim of child trafficking. The 13-year-old girl from Kachin state, in ...

From BARADAN KUPPUSAMY, Inter Press Service,  27 Sep 2009
Related Topics: UNICEF,  United Nations

RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: Win Some, Lose Some for Beleaguered Penan Tribe

RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 21 (IPS) - In wealthy Malaysia that employs over four million Asians to service its high- rolling lifestyle, a tiny indigenous tribe is fighting for its survival against state inaction and bureaucratic ...

From BARADAN KUPPUSAMY, Inter Press Service,  21 Sep 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

MALAYSIA: New Govt Stifling Public Opinion

MALAYSIA: KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (IPS) - A huge public protest on Aug. 1 calling for the repeal of the Internal Security Act, a law that the authorities have used to jail extremist and legitimate political opponents alike without trial, was ...

From BARADAN KUPPUSAMY, Inter Press Service,  6 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Anwar Ibrahim,  Mahathir Mohamad

Maids: An uphill battle against abuse, torture

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From BARADAN KUPPUSAMY, Malaysiakini,  2 Jul 2009

RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: An Uphill Battle Against Abuse And Torture

RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 1 (IPS) - Domestic helper Siti Hajar, 33, from Garut district, Indonesia is a picture of calm as she leans against the wall at a shelter for abused maids and dreams of returning to her village. Her face, ...

From BARADAN KUPPUSAMY, Inter Press Service,  1 Jul 2009

From praise to shocking disgrace

After years of lobbying by rights activists and the international community, Malaysia passed an effective and comprehensive law in 2007 against human trafficking with provisions for protection, shelter and return of trafficked person to their home ...

From BARADAN KUPPUSAMY, Malaysiakini,  24 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Maxis

MALAYSIA: Blacklisted For Not Enforcing Trafficking Laws

MALAYSIA: KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 24 (IPS) - After years of lobbying by rights activists and the international community, Malaysia passed an effective and comprehensive law in 2007 against human trafficking with provisions for protection, ...

From BARADAN KUPPUSAMY, Inter Press Service,  23 Jun 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate

POLITICS-MALAYSIA: New PM Must Overcome Credibility Deficit

POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Analysis by Baradan Kuppusamy KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 26 (IPS) - Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi steps down this month, forced out by powerful factions in the ruling United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) that feared his ...

From BARADAN KUPPUSAMY, Inter Press Service,  26 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Democratic Action Party,  Mikhail Gorbachev

MALAYSIA: Sleaze, Betrayals, Threats Mar Politics

MALAYSIA: KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 10 (IPS) - Sex scandals, political betrayals, threats and anger at the once revered monarchy - suddenly politics in Malaysia, after a sterling start last year which saw a strong opposition in parliament, is ...

From BARADAN KUPPUSAMY, Inter Press Service,  10 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Sultan,  Mahathir Mohamad,  Abdul Razak,  Anwar Ibrahim

RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: Custodial Death Revives Calls For Police Reforms

RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 (IPS) - The death of a youth in police custody and the torture of another in a police lockup, in recent weeks, have shocked Malaysians and revived calls for an oversight body - proposed in 2006 by a ...

From BARADAN KUPPUSAMY, Inter Press Service,  6 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Karpal Singh,  Mahathir Mohamad

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