2 Bangladeshis, 7 Myanmarese held in Malaysia

Seven Myanmarese and two Bangladeshi men were arrested for their alleged involvement in a regional human trafficking syndicate from Malaysia's Kedah state on Monday, reports Malaysian daily The Star.

The suspects are being investigated, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, Malaysian police chief, told reporters after the closing ceremony of an anti-human trafficking seminar at the police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

He, however, did not reveal the details about the arrestees.

Contacted, Sayedul Islam, counselor (labour wing) at Bangladeshi High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, said they did not have any information about the Bangladeshis.

The issue of human trafficking in the Southeast Asian region mainly in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia came into the international media since the discovery of mass graves of the Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants last month.