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Underage prostitution probe in Malaysia and Singapore

Tribal girls from India's northeast copy Authorities in India, Malaysia and Singapore are intensifying a probe into a widespread trafficking racket that pushes women from India’s northeastern states into the flesh trade in Malaysia and Singapore.
The investigation has intensified after the rescue of five Indian girls, leading to the arrest of several kingpins in three countries, the New Straits Times said.
Manipur appears to be the prime source of the girls, called “spices of India.” Police held simultaneous raids, arresting many gangsters including Philip Gangmei and Vicky Kungo in Imphal in September, followed by three more arrests Oct 3.
Singapore and Malaysian police are also believed to be after another man, thought to be the mastermind of a Singapore-based “recruiting firm”, the newspaper said.
Earlier this month, Indian detectives intercepted five women in Dimapur, Nagaland, just as they were about to be shipped to Singapore via Kolkata.


And another group of 15 young Punjabi women were rescued by temple priests in Kuala Lumpur and repatriated to India last month. “We believe the rescued girls are just the tip of the iceberg. There could be many more victims from other Indian states,” the newspaper quoted an unnamed diplomat as saying.
The case came to light when one of the five girls from Manipur escaped from a Kuala Lumpur night club, where they were being kept captive after their arrival from Singapore last month.
The woman who escaped alerted the Indian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, which then sought the assistance of Malaysian police to rescue the other four.


By Mahendra Ved


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