They also arrest a couple after a tip-off from the Philippine embassy in Kuala Lumpur.
Labuan police chief Hamizi Halim said the Philippine embassy was alerted by two Filipinas who escaped the clutches of the human trafficking syndicate in Labuan.
PETALING JAYA: FIve Filipinas, believed to have been forced to work at an entertainment outlet in Labuan, were rescued by police on Friday.Labuan police chief Hamizi Halim told Bernama a Filipina and a local man had been arrested in connection with the suspected human trafficking syndicate operating on the island.“The embassy was alerted by two Filipino women who managed to escape the place they were confined in,” he said today.
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