AMPANG: A woman from Tanzania has been rescued while 20 other Africans were arrested following an operation by Bukit Aman.
The operation was conducted by The Anti Trafficking of People and Smuggling of Migrants Division (D3) together with the Home Ministries National Strategic Office's Council for Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants on Friday dubbed Ops Pintas Wakanda.
According to Federal Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain, the operations saw raids conducted at a condominium complex along Jalan Ampang at around 10.30am.
"The operations focus was to identify victims of human trafficking driven by the National Guideline On Human Trafficking Indicators (NGHTI) 2.0.
"The checks and raids led to the rescue of one victim and arrest of 20 Africans for various offences," he said in a statement today.
He said the victim who was rescued under Section 44 of the Anti Trafficking of People and Smuggling of Migrants (ATIPSOM) Act is a 24-year-old Tanzanian woman.
"Two Nigerian men aged 33 and 35 were arrested in connection with trafficking a person for the purpose of exploitation under Section 12 of the ATIPSOM Act.
"Two women aged 28 and 29 from Uganda were detained under Section 15(1) of the Immigration Act while 13 others including a two-year-old girl and four-year-old boy were detained under Section 6(1) of the same Act," he said.
He added that a 22-year-old woman from Maldives and two Nigerian women aged 31 and 36 were detained under Section 55 D of the Immigration Act.
"All those detained have been brought to the Wangsa Maju police headquarters for victim identification process and further investigations," he said.
During the operation, two of the African men reacted aggressively to police checks.
They could be heard shouting at police personnel who came to conduct the check at their condominium unit.
They were uncooperative with the police invesigations and struggled with personnel who tried to handcuff them.
One of the men behaved erratically and hissed and growled at the police personnel while complaining that his handcuffs were on too tight.