KUALA LUMPUR: Eight Filipino women believed to be victims of a human trafficking syndicate have been rescued in a raid at a nightclub in Bandar Sunway near here.
women aged between 21 and 31 were and arrested a Myanmar man and a Filipino woman, who are believed to be members of the syndicate,” said Supt Maszely Minhad of Bukit Aman’s secret society, anti-vice and gaming division.
The police had gone to the nightclub at 1am Saturday with the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit of the Immigration Department and Customs.
They also picked up four Myanmar women for misuse of work permits.
Maszely said a follow-up raid was carried out at a house in Taman Wawasan, Puchong where two more Filipino women were saved while a taxi driver and a Filipino female pimp were arrested.
Twenty seven Filipino women had been rescued so far this year while four pimps were arrested, he added.
In another case, a 37-year-old technician, believed to be involved in a World Cup football gambling syndicate, was picked up in a raid at his house in Taman Puchong Jaya near here on Friday night.
The man was picked while he was busy surfing a betting website.
Police seized RM400, two laptops and betting slips from the suspect, who claimed that he lost RM3,000 in the betting.
The man’s wife and two children were in the house when the police moved inweek 5( analysis 4)
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