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Johor police have rescued 13 women who had been duped into the flesh trade following promises of jobs in Johor as maids or factory workers.

State police chief Comm M. Kumar said that the women, aged between 22 and 49 were rescued in raids at five different locations in Johor Baru and Kulai from April 21 to April 28.

Six suspects aged between 24 and 50 were detained; a local man and woman as well as two foreign men and two foreign women.

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00:00 Today, I would like to share the success of the Police Department of the Contingent Jehovah's Witnesses
00:10 in the implementation of the sex exploitation act
00:18 involving foreigners.
00:24 These victims are foreigners and this syndicate has enslaved these victims
00:37 and forced them to carry out exploitation activities in order to gain considerable profits.
00:48 From 21 April 2024 to 28 April 2024,
00:55 a team of officers and members of the Police Department of the Contingent Jehovah's Witnesses
01:02 from the D7 section, which is the dark section of the Judicial and Criminal Division,
01:08 has made 5 arrests in several locations in Johor Bahru and Kulai.
01:18 A total of 6 people have been arrested,
01:21 including 1 local man, 1 local woman and 4 foreigners aged between 24 and 50 years
01:33 involved in a syndicate that targets foreigners for the purpose of sex exploitation.
01:45 From these 5 arrests, we have managed to save 8 victims.
01:52 And all these women or victims aged between 22 and 49 years old,
02:02 we have also managed to seize 13 mobile phones,
02:06 keychains, condoms, access cards, 24 passports of foreigners,
02:14 cash worth RM8,730,
02:18 books with notes of victims' victims' customers
02:25 and a motorbike of the Sora type.
02:28 The Police Department has made an arrest,
02:31 and has saved 5 victims.
02:36 The next arrest was made on 1 May at around 3.45 pm
02:43 at a premises in Johor Bahru.
02:48 And as I have mentioned earlier, 5 foreigners have been saved.
02:55 These victims were forced to handle
03:00 around 30 to 35 people a day
03:06 and not even paid a cent.
03:10 The investigation was carried out under Section 12,
03:13 the Anti-Migrant and Anti-Penalty Act,
03:18 Artib Som, 2007,
03:20 Section 12, Bracket 1, Bracket F, Acta Passport, 1966,
03:26 Section 15, Bracket 1, Bracket C, Acta Immigration, 1959, Palang, 1963.
03:34 This morning, we have accused these subjects under 39 charges.
03:41 The division is 13 charges under Section 12, Artib Som, 2007,
03:47 22 charges under Section 12, Bracket 1, Bracket F, Acta Passport, 1966,
03:54 and 4 charges under Section 15, Bracket 1, Bracket C, Acta Immigration, 1959, Palang, 1963.
04:04 The arrest was made on 1 May at Johor Bahru,
04:09 where 5 victims have been saved.
04:12 The investigation is still ongoing.
04:15 [Question]
04:38 [No audio]
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