PUTRAJAYA: Two Indonesian women, suspected to be victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation, were rescued by the Putrajaya Immigration Department Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Atipsom) Unit.
In a statement today, Immigration Director-General Datuk Sakib Kusmi said the women were rescued from a two-storey shophouse in Bandar Bukit Tinggi, Klang.
"The rescue operation found that two female victims, aged 19 and 20, was brought to the country from Indonesia by a syndicate for the purpose of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
"We believe this Indonesian syndicate was working with a Malaysian syndicate to bring in women from Indonesia," he added.
He said the two victims were locked in a room and forced to have sex without payment.
"One of them was also forced to have unnatural sex to satisfy customers," he added.
Sakib explained that the two women tempted into coming to Malaysia under the pretext of working as waitresses with high salaries.
"Their huge debts with the syndicate was used as a reason to threaten and force them into prostitution," he added.
The operation also led to the arrest of a local man and a Indonesian woman, who were believed to be the pimps.
"Both of them were investigated under Section 12 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (ATIPSOM) Act 2007 for human trafficking.
"They were also charged at the Klang Session Court on May 9 and were sentenced to six years jail," he added.