Women Trafficked To Singapore To Sell SEX
Actually, I thought such cases will only happen in Malaysia. We often see that famous MCA uncle on newspaper, with PRC, Indonesian, Filipino, ect girls who seek his help. Normally the story is those girls were promised decent jobs before coming but was forced into selling their bodies, which is exactly the same as this one. I never thought such thing happens in Singapore.
But I found the later part of the report funnier:
Responding to the US report, Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said reported cases of forced prostitution fell to 28 in 2007 from 33 in 2006 and 35 in 2005.
Police investigated all 28 cases and found evidence in only one, the ministry said.
Human trafficking experts said Singapore’s figures differ from the US report because the police do not consider women as trafficking victims if they arrive voluntarily.
In contrast, the United Nations counts women as victims if they are lured by false promises about working conditions, and if they are exploited.
Singapore should accept there is a problem, said Sallie Yea, an Australian consultant who has researched sex trafficking in Asia. “Singapore is still in the denial mode.”
The island-state is an attractive destination, experts said, because women can enter without a visa on cheap flights.
John Gee, of the non-government group Transient Workers Count Too, said acknowledging that human trafficking exists could be embarrassing for the government, which likes to perpetuate Singapore’s squeaky clean image.
Denial mode? How true, muahahahahaha
