Binay lauds Pinay OFWs for conviction of Singaporean human trafficker in Malysia 04/03/2012

Binay lauds Pinay OFWs for conviction of Singaporean human trafficker in Malysia

04/03/2012
Vice-President and Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Concerns Jejomar Binay has commended two OFWs for helping to convict Singaporean human trafficker Lim Beng Huat. The trafficker, also known as “Alfred Lim,” was ordered jailed for six years by a Malaysian court.

Binay thanked Marilou Bagsit and Marivic Capistrano for cooperating with the Philippine government in running after Lim in partnership with the Blas F. Ople Policy Center, a non-government organization that represents the OFW sector in the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT).

“We call on other OFWs to emulate these two women by reporting incidence of abuse and illegal recruitment to our embassies abroad and also to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration or to (non-government organizations) such as the Ople Center,” Binay said in a press conference at the Coconut Palace..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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