Crime & Courts

Indonesian woman saved from trafficking in Ampang raid

AMPANG: Police saved an Indonesian woman, 41, from being trafficked on Friday.

District police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Azam Ismail said the victim was rescued during a raid on a house in Taman Tropika Kemensah at midnight

A Malaysian female, 45, was arrested during the raid.

The suspect was taken to the Ampang magistrate's court and was remanded in custody from Friday to Tuesday.

The victim has been placed in a shelter.

Last month, Malaysia was upgraded to Tier 2 in the Trafficking in Persons report released by the United States's State Department, the highest the country has ever reached since 2017.

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