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6 vehicle inspectors under probe for bribery
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Fuck lah!
CPIB waste time on those people for what? What for go after working class people. Hard to make ends meet in Singapore because too expensive, costs of living too high.
They should be going after the middle-men and companies involved in bringing FTs into Singapore and overcharging the FTs by thousands of S$dollars. If they do, guarantee many PORLUMPARS up the lorry in this FT workers game.
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CPIB waste time on those people for what? What for go after working class people. Hard to make ends meet in Singapore because too expensive, costs of living too high.
They should be going after the middle-men and companies involved in bringing FTs into Singapore and overcharging the FTs by thousands of S$dollars. If they do, guarantee many PORLUMPARS up the lorry in this FT workers game.
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Many PRC workers and "workers" I spoke to say they pay anywhere from S$2000 to S$18,000 to their agents just to secure work in Singapore.
Speak to any FT worker here. They are very free with this information.
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Speak to any FT worker here. They are very free with this information.
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Those fucking cb kias should be given long jail sentences for allowing those illegal modifications of ah beng cars running amok on roads.
Knn those cars so noisy and ugly!
Worst is those idiots who go mod some lousy Honda Jazz scrap metal!
Knn those cars so noisy and ugly!
Worst is those idiots who go mod some lousy Honda Jazz scrap metal!
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crap! these type of flexible car inspectors are the best. now strong signal sent to them.
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Just to prove my point on PRIORITIES. Which is more important; cars or people?
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Trafficking of Filipinos in Singapore ‘all-time high’<o>:p></o>:p>
The modus operandi essentially has illegal recruiters promise young women non-existent jobs as waitresses or guest relations officers in restaurants and hotels in Singapore. They are each charged a minimal S$100 to S$1,000 as recruitment fee in the Philippines, and given roundtrip tickets (sometimes the return ticket is fake), a fake invitation letter, and “show money” for showing to Philippine immigration officials who scrutinize their financial capacity as tourists. Expecting to work in legitimate jobs, Filipinas end up working as prostitutes. They are forced to provide sexual services to customers and earn commissions from alcoholic drinks to enable them to pay the $1,000 to S$4,000 they allegedly owe their handlers. The report said victims who fled to the embassy were provided shelter and assisted in their repatriation back to the Philippines. They are interviewed, their affidavit taken, and are advised to file a complaint either in Singapore or in the Philippines.<o>:p></o>:p>
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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery<o></o>
In the first ten years of the 21<sup>st</sup> Century - 2000 to 2009<o></o>
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Sierra Leone is an extremely poor nation with tremendous inequality in income distribution. While it possesses substantial mineral, agricultural, and fishery resources, its physical and social infrastructure is not well developed, and serious social disorders continue to hamper economic development. Nearly half of the working-age population engages in subsistence agriculture. Manufacturing consists mainly of the processing of raw materials and of light manufacturing for the domestic market. Alluvial diamond mining remains the major source of hard currency earnings accounting for nearly half of Sierra Leone's exports. [The World Factbook, U.S.<leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" leohighlights_keywords="c%20i%20a" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dc%2520i%2520a%26domain%3Dgvnet.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dc%2520i%2520a%26domain%3Dgvnet.com" leohighlights_underline="true">C.I.A</leo_highlight>. 2009]<o>:p></o>:p>
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Singapore is a destination country for women and girls trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Some women from Thailand and the Philippines who travel to Singapore voluntarily for prostitution or work are subsequently deceived or coerced into sexual servitude. Some foreign domestic workers are subject to conditions that may be indicative of labor trafficking, including physical or sexual abuse, confiscation of travel documents, confinement, inadequate food, rest, or accommodation, deceptions about wages or conditions of work, and improper withholding of pay. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report]<o>:p></o>:p>Sierra Leone is an extremely poor nation with tremendous inequality in income distribution. While it possesses substantial mineral, agricultural, and fishery resources, its physical and social infrastructure is not well developed, and serious social disorders continue to hamper economic development. Nearly half of the working-age population engages in subsistence agriculture. Manufacturing consists mainly of the processing of raw materials and of light manufacturing for the domestic market. Alluvial diamond mining remains the major source of hard currency earnings accounting for nearly half of Sierra Leone's exports. [The World Factbook, U.S.<leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" leohighlights_keywords="c%20i%20a" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dc%2520i%2520a%26domain%3Dgvnet.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dc%2520i%2520a%26domain%3Dgvnet.com" leohighlights_underline="true">C.I.A</leo_highlight>. 2009]<o>:p></o>:p>
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CAUTION: The following links have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1>:place w:st="on">Singapore</st1>:place></st1:country-region>. Some of these links may lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated or even false. No attempt has been made to validate their authenticity or to verify their content.<o>:p></o>:p>
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The modus operandi essentially has illegal recruiters promise young women non-existent jobs as waitresses or guest relations officers in restaurants and hotels in Singapore. They are each charged a minimal S$100 to S$1,000 as recruitment fee in the Philippines, and given roundtrip tickets (sometimes the return ticket is fake), a fake invitation letter, and “show money” for showing to Philippine immigration officials who scrutinize their financial capacity as tourists. Expecting to work in legitimate jobs, Filipinas end up working as prostitutes. They are forced to provide sexual services to customers and earn commissions from alcoholic drinks to enable them to pay the $1,000 to S$4,000 they allegedly owe their handlers. The report said victims who fled to the embassy were provided shelter and assisted in their repatriation back to the Philippines. They are interviewed, their affidavit taken, and are advised to file a complaint either in Singapore or in the Philippines.<o>:p></o>:p>
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*** ARCHIVES ***<o></o>
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – In 2004 there were three prosecutions, two of which involved forced prostitution, and one of which involved bringing a woman into the country under false pretenses for the purpose of prostitution. The latter case involved a Sri Lankan woman, who was recruited in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1>lace w:st="on">Sri Lanka</st1>:place></st1:country-region> and told she would be a maid, but was forced into prostitution. Her two "vice abettors" were each fined $15,476 (S$26 thousand).
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India asks Singapore to curb trafficking<o></o>>
www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080068317 <o></o>>
After five girls from Manipur were rescued in <st1:city w:st="on">Kuala Lumpur</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> is now asking the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1>lace w:st="on">Singapore</st1>:place></st1:country-region> government to take action against the maid placement agency that allegedly ran a human trafficking racket across many northeastern states. The maid placement agency Abel and Joe is registered with the Singapore government and has sent girls abroad from the northeast. The Indian embassy in Singapore has been asked to take up the matter with the government there. Earlier, after the girls fled from a Kuala Lumpur nightclub, the Malaysian government helped the girls with arrangements for their return back home. <o>:p></o>:p>
Trafficking of Filipinas in Singapore 'unabated'--embassy<o>:p></o>:p>
In November 2007, INQUIRER.net posted a special report on the growing number of young Filipino women being lured to Singapore on the false promise of a high-paying job only to end up in prostitution. The increased incidence of trafficking of Asian women, including Filipinas, to Singapore prompted the United States State Department to downgrade the city-state's rating from Tier 1 in 2006 to Tier 2 this year.<o>:p></o>:p>
Philippine Ambassador to Singapore Belen Fule-Anota said Filipinas who want to work overseas must scrutinize their recruiters in the Philippines well and ensure they have valid contracts before leaving the country. She also advised jobseekers to have their contracts duly verified by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) "before packing their bags for Singapore."<o>:p></o>:p>
Trafficking of Filipinos in Singapore ‘all-time high’<o>:p></o>:p>
The modus operandi essentially has illegal recruiters promise young women non-existent jobs as waitresses or guest relations officers in restaurants and hotels in Singapore. They are each charged a minimal S$100 to S$1,000 as recruitment fee in the Philippines, and given roundtrip tickets (sometimes the return ticket is fake), a fake invitation letter, and “show money” for showing to Philippine immigration officials who scrutinize their financial capacity as tourists. Expecting to work in legitimate jobs, Filipinas end up working as prostitutes. They are forced to provide sexual services to customers and earn commissions from alcoholic drinks to enable them to pay the $1,000 to S$4,000 they allegedly owe their handlers. The report said victims who fled to the embassy were provided shelter and assisted in their repatriation back to the Philippines. They are interviewed, their affidavit taken, and are advised to file a complaint either in Singapore or in the Philippines.<o>:p></o>:p>
Iza Calzado’s film focuses on human trafficking <o>:p></o>:p>
www.ginsc.net/members/news_details_en.php?id=4646&sub=culture&stat=active<o>:p></o>:p>
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Mona ends up in a brothel in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1>:place w:st="on">Singapore</st1>:place></st1:country-region> after falling victim to a sweet-talking illegal recruiter. A victim of human trafficking, Mona makes the best out of her situation in order to send money back home to her family.<o>:p></o>:p>
TRUE STORY - According to director Jowee Morel, “Mona Singapore Escort” exposes the reality of white slavery in Singapore, which counts Filipinas among its victims. Despite Singapore's reputation as a strict, law-abiding society and its hardline stance on crime (the Singapore government has put to death even foreigners found guilty in illegal drugs cases), Morel said human trafficking and sexual slavery are disturbing realities in Singapore.<o>:p></o>:p>
Letter to Gov. Kulongoski
[scroll down] In 2004 the Akha woman Ms. Amue Athu, from Chiangrai Province in Thailand, was trafficked to the south of Thailand to a job, that turned out to be a job in a brothel. The Thai traffickers Ms. Chatkaew Sripormma and her husband then sent Ms. Amue Athu to Singapore to work in a brothel there. Ms. Amue Athu refused the job and was sent out of Singapore. The Singapore authorities made no attempt to assist her, despite the fact that she could not speak Chinese, Thai or any other language but Akha and was being led by a “courier” who was to deliver her to the brothel. The Singapore authorities state they banned Ms. Amue Athu, but it is unclear from court documents that she understood this due to her different language. Upon her return to Thailand, Ms. Amue Athu was made to work as a sex slave at the brothel to pay off her new debt for failing to “work out” in Singapore.<o>:p></o>:p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">
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Disasters Increase Risk of Human Trafficking<o></o>
The crimes are many forms: distribution of 880 babies from North Sumatra to Singapore by a foundation, for instance. The babies, she explained, were re-sold when they arrived in Singapore. If they were caught in action at sea, the babies were often thrown out of board so as to wipe the evidence<o></o>>
Microsoft Uses Grants To Help Alleviate Human Trafficking
www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7003925024<o></o>
At one time the source article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] <o>:p></o>:p>
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Called the "Unlimited Potential," the grants were distributed throughout: Cambodia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.<o>:p></o>:p>
Why Does Singapore Imprison the Victims of Trafficking?
ONGOING CASES -We are concerned that the government of <st1>:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region></st1>:place> does not recognize the issue of trafficking and that Akha women are trafficked into their country for brothels. The Singapore Immigration people (<st1:city w:st="on"><st1>:place w:st="on">ICA</st1>:place></st1:city>) have repeatedly told us that they are "checking into the case" but then never reply to our email.<o>:p></o>:p>
Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 5 Civil Liberties: 4 Status: Partly Free<o>:p></o>:p>
Human Rights Overview by Human Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide<o>:p></o>:p>
U.S. Library of Congress - Country Study<o>:p></o>:p>
Singapore slams US report on human trafficking, maid abuse<o>:p></o>:p>
Singapore on Monday, Aug 30, strongly rejected a US government report alleging that an illicit trade in Asian prostitutes and the "involuntary servitude" of some foreign maids exists in the city-state. "While Singapore is not spared from vice activities, forced prostitution is very rare here," the <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_3" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_3')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_3')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_3')" leohighlights_keywords="ministry" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dgvnet.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dgvnet.com" leohighlights_underline="true">Ministry</leo_highlight> of Home Affairs said.<o>:p></o>:p>
"A small minority of foreign domestic workers face seriously abusive labor conditions," it said, adding that "in a few such cases, these circumstances may amount to involuntary servitude."<o>:p></o>:p>
Comments on the 2004 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on Singapore by the United States Department of State [DOC]<o>:p></o>:p>
Singapore shares the concerns of the US Government on the problem of trafficking in persons. We have, through the years, put in place legislation and devoted law enforcement resources to confront the problem. We have therefore succeeded in keeping trafficking in persons to a minimal level. We continually monitor the situation.<o>:p></o>:p>
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The crimes are many forms: distribution of 880 babies from North Sumatra to Singapore by a foundation, for instance. The babies, she explained, were re-sold when they arrived in Singapore. If they were caught in action at sea, the babies were often thrown out of board so as to wipe the evidence<o></o>>
Microsoft Uses Grants To Help Alleviate Human Trafficking
www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7003925024<o></o>
At one time the source article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] <o>:p></o>:p>
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Called the "Unlimited Potential," the grants were distributed throughout: Cambodia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.<o>:p></o>:p>
Why Does Singapore Imprison the Victims of Trafficking?
ONGOING CASES -We are concerned that the government of <st1>:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region></st1>:place> does not recognize the issue of trafficking and that Akha women are trafficked into their country for brothels. The Singapore Immigration people (<st1:city w:st="on"><st1>:place w:st="on">ICA</st1>:place></st1:city>) have repeatedly told us that they are "checking into the case" but then never reply to our email.<o>:p></o>:p>
Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 5 Civil Liberties: 4 Status: Partly Free<o>:p></o>:p>
Human Rights Overview by Human Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide<o>:p></o>:p>
U.S. Library of Congress - Country Study<o>:p></o>:p>
Singapore slams US report on human trafficking, maid abuse<o>:p></o>:p>
Singapore on Monday, Aug 30, strongly rejected a US government report alleging that an illicit trade in Asian prostitutes and the "involuntary servitude" of some foreign maids exists in the city-state. "While Singapore is not spared from vice activities, forced prostitution is very rare here," the <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_3" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_3')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_3')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_3')" leohighlights_keywords="ministry" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dgvnet.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dgvnet.com" leohighlights_underline="true">Ministry</leo_highlight> of Home Affairs said.<o>:p></o>:p>
"A small minority of foreign domestic workers face seriously abusive labor conditions," it said, adding that "in a few such cases, these circumstances may amount to involuntary servitude."<o>:p></o>:p>
Comments on the 2004 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on Singapore by the United States Department of State [DOC]<o>:p></o>:p>
Singapore shares the concerns of the US Government on the problem of trafficking in persons. We have, through the years, put in place legislation and devoted law enforcement resources to confront the problem. We have therefore succeeded in keeping trafficking in persons to a minimal level. We continually monitor the situation.<o>:p></o>:p>
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You think CPIB very good at getting such leaks? They works on complaints provided by people. If you got info then submit to them for them to take action loh.
This case must be some fucker who complained.
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August 30, 2004
SINGAPORE
[/SIZE][SIZE=+4]S[/SIZE]INGAPORE on Monday, Aug 30, strongly rejected a US government report alleging that an illicit trade in Asian prostitutes and the "involuntary servitude" of some foreign maids exists in the city-state. "While Singapore is not spared from vice activities, forced prostitution is very rare here," the <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" leohighlights_keywords="ministry" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_underline="true">Ministry</leo_highlight> of Home Affairs said.
"Thus, we question a number of assertions made in the report on Singapore, and would like the US government to share with us the basis for its assessment," it added in a statement.
It said not even the United States can claim to be completely free from the problem of human trafficking.
The US State Department said in June that Singapore had a "significant trafficking problem" and there were "likely more than 100 cases per year" of girls and women brought to the affluent island for sexual exploitation.
When the report first came out, Singapore said it was puzzled by its inclusion and promised a "detailed rebuttal". This was sent to the US embassy last week and released to the international media on Monday.
The US report said some women and girls from Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and China who travel here voluntarily for prostitution or non-sexual work "are deceived or coerced into sexual servitude."
"A small minority of foreign domestic workers face seriously abusive labor conditions," it said, adding that "in a few such cases, these circumstances may amount to involuntary servitude."
Singapore was included in the US report's Tier 2 of countries "whose governments do not fully comply" with a US anti-trafficking law's minimum standards, but are "making significant efforts" to achieve compliance.
The US report accused Singapore, a key trading partner and ally, of having "no national action plan to address trafficking."
"This is untrue," the Singapore home <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_1" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" leohighlights_keywords="ministry" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_underline="true">ministry</leo_highlight> said.
"Singapore's tough stance against illegal immigrants, whether they were trafficked or had entered Singapore of their own volition, and against those involved in human trafficking and human smuggling, is well known," it said.
It cited stringent checks at border crossings with Malaysia as well as intensive patrols by <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_2" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" leohighlights_keywords="the%20police" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_underline="true">the police</leo_highlight> coast guard in surrounding waters.
The government provides funds and training to local civic groups offering help to women and girls who are victims of trafficking and prostitution, the <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_3" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_3')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_3')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_3')" leohighlights_keywords="ministry" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_underline="true">ministry</leo_highlight> said.
Singapore also questioned the inclusion of alleged cases of abuse against foreign maids in the report, saying such references were "perplexing because these are not cases of trafficking."
"Including them only muddles the issues and diminishes the credibility of the report," it added.
US embassy spokesman David Andresen told AFP the mission had received Singapore's comments "and is now reviewing them carefully."
Singapore plans to raise the minimum age of 18 years and impose basic educational requirements for new foreign maids in order to help protect them from abuse and work risks, press reports said Monday.
Some 150,000 foreign women work here as domestics, mostly from Indonesia, the Philippines and South Asian countries.
Nearly 100 Indonesian maids have died since 1999 after falling from high-rise apartments, often while cleaning windows, and a number of employers have been jailed or fined for physical and sexual abuses against maids.
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August 30, 2004
SINGAPORE
[/SIZE][SIZE=+4]S[/SIZE]INGAPORE on Monday, Aug 30, strongly rejected a US government report alleging that an illicit trade in Asian prostitutes and the "involuntary servitude" of some foreign maids exists in the city-state. "While Singapore is not spared from vice activities, forced prostitution is very rare here," the <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" leohighlights_keywords="ministry" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_underline="true">Ministry</leo_highlight> of Home Affairs said.
"Thus, we question a number of assertions made in the report on Singapore, and would like the US government to share with us the basis for its assessment," it added in a statement.
It said not even the United States can claim to be completely free from the problem of human trafficking.
The US State Department said in June that Singapore had a "significant trafficking problem" and there were "likely more than 100 cases per year" of girls and women brought to the affluent island for sexual exploitation.
When the report first came out, Singapore said it was puzzled by its inclusion and promised a "detailed rebuttal". This was sent to the US embassy last week and released to the international media on Monday.
The US report said some women and girls from Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and China who travel here voluntarily for prostitution or non-sexual work "are deceived or coerced into sexual servitude."
"A small minority of foreign domestic workers face seriously abusive labor conditions," it said, adding that "in a few such cases, these circumstances may amount to involuntary servitude."
Singapore was included in the US report's Tier 2 of countries "whose governments do not fully comply" with a US anti-trafficking law's minimum standards, but are "making significant efforts" to achieve compliance.
The US report accused Singapore, a key trading partner and ally, of having "no national action plan to address trafficking."
"This is untrue," the Singapore home <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_1" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" leohighlights_keywords="ministry" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_underline="true">ministry</leo_highlight> said.
"Singapore's tough stance against illegal immigrants, whether they were trafficked or had entered Singapore of their own volition, and against those involved in human trafficking and human smuggling, is well known," it said.
It cited stringent checks at border crossings with Malaysia as well as intensive patrols by <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_2" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" leohighlights_keywords="the%20police" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520police%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_underline="true">the police</leo_highlight> coast guard in surrounding waters.
The government provides funds and training to local civic groups offering help to women and girls who are victims of trafficking and prostitution, the <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_3" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_3')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_3')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_3')" leohighlights_keywords="ministry" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dwww.singapore-window.org" leohighlights_underline="true">ministry</leo_highlight> said.
Singapore also questioned the inclusion of alleged cases of abuse against foreign maids in the report, saying such references were "perplexing because these are not cases of trafficking."
"Including them only muddles the issues and diminishes the credibility of the report," it added.
US embassy spokesman David Andresen told AFP the mission had received Singapore's comments "and is now reviewing them carefully."
Singapore plans to raise the minimum age of 18 years and impose basic educational requirements for new foreign maids in order to help protect them from abuse and work risks, press reports said Monday.
Some 150,000 foreign women work here as domestics, mostly from Indonesia, the Philippines and South Asian countries.
Nearly 100 Indonesian maids have died since 1999 after falling from high-rise apartments, often while cleaning windows, and a number of employers have been jailed or fined for physical and sexual abuses against maids.
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