Improving Malaysia's Human Trafficking Efforts

Dr Haezreena Begum Abdul Hamid, Deputy Dean (Postgraduate Studies), Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya

07-May-24 07:45

Improving Malaysia's Human Trafficking Efforts

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Putrajaya recently established the Malaysia Checkpoints & Border Agency, a single body to enhance the level of national defence and security readiness at the country’s entry points. Criminologist Dr Haezreena Begum Abdul Hamid, Deputy Dean (Postgraduate Studies) at the Faculty of Law at Universiti Malaya, discusses how this will help (or not) with human trafficking cases on the rise.

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Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Keith Kam, Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar

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Tags: celcomdigi2024, anti-trafficking, human trafficking, criminology, national defence,

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