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India asks Singapore to curb trafficking racket
New Delhi, Oct 11 (PTI) After five girls from Manipur were rescued in Kuala Lumpur, India is now asking the Singapore government to take action against the maid placement agency that allegedly ran a human trafficking racket across many north-eastern states.
The maid placement agency Abel and Joe is registered with
the Singapore government and has sent girls abroad from the
north-east.
The Indian embassy in Singapore has been asked to take
up the matter with the government there. Earlier, after the
girls fled from a Kuala Lumpur night club, the Malyasian
government helped the girls with arrangements for their return
back home.
"The agency had no mandatory registrations to conduct
overseas recruitments. We have also forwarded copies of
details on how the agency and its agents ran the trafficking
racket," Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (M.O.I.A.)
secretary K. Mohandas said.
Earlier two people representing the agency were arrested
by Manipur police in this connection while 12 others were
summoned by a local court. The case details were forwarded to
the M.O.I.A. by the parents of the victimised girls.
"In our communication with the Singapore government we
had sought a look out notice for the agency's India recruiter
Ricky Ho and more details on the activities of the agency,"
said a ministry official here.
Co-ordinator of the Naga People's Movement for Human
Rights Kienderson Pamei had urged the ministry to take action
against the agency's website that still posts advertisements
featuring gullible Indian girls.
"The agency bears a registration from the ministry of
manpower development in Singapore. An estimated 90 girls from
Assam, Manipur, Shillong and Darjeeling were sent abroad by
the agency during its three-month operation from Kolkata,"
Pamei told P.T.I.
The Protector General of Emigrants office at the ministry
is also consulting a special human trafficking cell of
Ministry of Home Affairs.
"The ministry is answerable on the event of any
parliamentary question raised on the issue. So help is also
sought on the issue from the Ministry of External Affairs,"
M.O.I.A. official said. PTI DEY
The maid placement agency Abel and Joe is registered with
the Singapore government and has sent girls abroad from the
north-east.
The Indian embassy in Singapore has been asked to take
up the matter with the government there. Earlier, after the
girls fled from a Kuala Lumpur night club, the Malyasian
government helped the girls with arrangements for their return
back home.
"The agency had no mandatory registrations to conduct
overseas recruitments. We have also forwarded copies of
details on how the agency and its agents ran the trafficking
racket," Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (M.O.I.A.)
secretary K. Mohandas said.
Earlier two people representing the agency were arrested
by Manipur police in this connection while 12 others were
summoned by a local court. The case details were forwarded to
the M.O.I.A. by the parents of the victimised girls.
"In our communication with the Singapore government we
had sought a look out notice for the agency's India recruiter
Ricky Ho and more details on the activities of the agency,"
said a ministry official here.
Co-ordinator of the Naga People's Movement for Human
Rights Kienderson Pamei had urged the ministry to take action
against the agency's website that still posts advertisements
featuring gullible Indian girls.
"The agency bears a registration from the ministry of
manpower development in Singapore. An estimated 90 girls from
Assam, Manipur, Shillong and Darjeeling were sent abroad by
the agency during its three-month operation from Kolkata,"
Pamei told P.T.I.
The Protector General of Emigrants office at the ministry
is also consulting a special human trafficking cell of
Ministry of Home Affairs.
"The ministry is answerable on the event of any
parliamentary question raised on the issue. So help is also
sought on the issue from the Ministry of External Affairs,"
M.O.I.A. official said. PTI DEY
