The report justified the upgrade because Malaysia introducedbut did not passan amendment to their trafficking law. and allowed a limited number of their trafficking victims to work outside of detention. while keeping the rest of the victims in detention. These incomplete actions pale in comparison to the size of Malaysias trafficking problems. Malaysia was the subject of a Reuters investigative report in 2014. which found that human traffickers were keeping hundreds of Rohingya refugees from Burma captive in houses in northern Malaysia. beating them. depriving them of food. and demanding a ransom from their families. At least two million vulnerable migrants work in the informal economy in Malaysia. NGOs on the ground tell us that traffickers operate openly and with impunity. And that those who get in their way are killed.
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