Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has urged the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to look into the issue of two Indian women who were allegedly forced into prostitution in Malaysia. DCW revealed that they received a complaint from one of the victim's brother expressing her sister's desire to be repatriated to India to her family and her 6 year old son.
The Commission received a complaint that an Indian woman who went to Malaysia in May 2018 to work as a domestic help was forced into prostitution. The girl managed to contact the Malaysian Police and was rescued. She has been kept under the protection of Malaysian Police from where she contacted her brother in India who registered the complaint, DCW spokesperson revealed in their official release.
DCW Member Ms. Vandana Singh wrote a letter to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) urging their immediate intervention in the matter. The Ministry has confirmed that both women are kept under police protection at Kuala Lumpur. They are under the Malaysian government's protection order.
DCW has urged MEA to ensure that the survivor's brother and 6 year old son be allowed to meet her and that the MES should facilitate the meeting. Further, DCW has also written to MHA to ensure proper investigation into this human trafficking racket.
DCW Chief Swati Maliwal stated, “Delhi is increasingly becoming both source and destination for human trafficking rackets. Such international rackets are running through a deep nexus which needs to be busted. Centre should take immediate steps to ensure that both girls return safely to India and are rehabilitated. Further, they must ensure that no human trafficking rackets operate on Indian land. People behind the trafficking of the two girls should be nabbed and given strong punishment.”