The Uganda High Commission announced today that it had rescued three Ugandan nationals kept in captivity as sex slaves in KL – and claims there are 20 more women kept in such conditions across the city.
The high commision says the other 20 Ugandans are currently in hiding, both from local authorities and the syndicates who recruited them.
“The women experienced the most inhuman forms of mental and physical torture. We request that they are contacted by a social worker for counselling,” The Star quotes a letter from the High Commission in KL to the Ugandan Foreign Ministry in Kampala. The letter was signed by high commission first secretary Samantha Mbabazi Sherurah.
The three women rescued in KL were flown home yesterday on an Ethiopian Airways flight.
In an interview with Ugandan newspaper New Vision, high commisioner Stephen Mubiru said the Ugandan government was working with Malaysia’s government and law enforcement agencies to track down and rescue the remaining women.
“A number of Ugandan ladies and men are victims of human trafficking in Malaysia, China and (other) Asian countries. We are working hard to ensure the remaining victims return home,” he said.
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