A man was charged on October 31 for smuggling 21 men from a village in Bago Region to China, according to the Yay Tar Shay Township police station.
An officer from police station said: “We are still searching for the suspect. We are planning to contact those 21 victims in China. The smuggler has been charged under the trafficking and labor laws.”
The suspect Aye Min, also known as Mway Pway, allegedly came to North Nan Chun Village and met Daw Khine, 43, on October 18 and told her he was recruiting laborers for a sugarcane company in China. Daw Khine recruited 21 adults, including her husband U Aye Lwin. The alleged smuggler brought the men over the Chinese border by truck on October 21.
A week later, Daw Khine received a call from her husband saying he and the other Myanmar workers were in a bad situation. She then called the police.
However, an official from Myanmar’s Anti-Human Traffiking Force said the smuggler cannot be prosecuted under Myanmar human trafficking laws because the workers received a certain amount of cash before they were sent to work.
A case has been opened at the Yay Tar Shay Township police station under the Foreign Labor Act.
(The Voice)
