In Malaysia, some immigration officials have been accused of involvement in selling refugees from Myanmar, also known as Burma, to gangs in Thailand.
The attorney general’s office in Malaysia says 10 immigration officers are being investigated after the U.S. State Department placed Malaysia on its list of the world’s worst human trafficking offenders last month.
Karen Zusman, an independent journalist, recently returned from Malaysia, where she reported on the plight of Burmese refugees: Burmese refugees rounded up and sold in Malaysia
Listen to the full documentary Please Don’t Say My Name: Burmese refugees at risk in Malaysia.
Find more information and how to help on the Please Don’t Say My Name website.
View photography by Greg Constantine, Karen Zusman and an anonymous photographer in Malaysia:





01/22/2010 :: 11:33:33 PM
ray Says:
Sad, I remember the Boat People in the seventies. We never learn….