UNION Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, who is also Chairman of the Central Body for Suppression of Trafficking in Persons, addressed the first meeting of the committee yesterday.
In his speech, the Union minister said the central committee organized four working committees and task forces at different levels to combat human trafficking as a national task. Due to the changing human trafficking patterns, the youths from neighbouring countries enter the country for different reasons, and the committee investigated and took action against cases where they marry the Myanmar women without love but to mislead by paying money, and also make marriage registration at the court and take the women to their countries. Moreover, some foreigners entered the country with a tourist visa, opened a language school and persuaded the Myanmar women to marry their nationals. Such cases were also exposed.
The human traffickers use Facebook, TikTok and Telegram to lure the victims via the advertisements. Therefore, all need to carry out the duties in combating human trafficking in accordance with the three facts: information gathering, prevention and taking action.
He added that the human trafficking suppression project is being drafted as a one-year pilot project to combat the online fraud and gambling-related human trafficking, forced labour and coercion, accelerate the educational programmes and prevent the illegal entry via border areas.
He also highlighted the legal action in combating the online scam, the deportation processes for the victims to their respective countries, and the enhancement of cooperation with other countries in combating the online scam. The attendees coordinated the discussion, and the Union minister concluded the meeting. — MNA/KTZH
