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LPSK chairman Abdul Haris Semendawai
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LPSK chairman Abdul Haris Semendawai.(Kompas.com/Abba Gabrillin) (Kompas.com/Abba Gabrillin)
LPSK chairman Abdul Haris Semendawai.(Kompas.com/Abba Gabrillin)
The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) has expressed support for the signing of an anti-human trafficking convention by ASEAN leaders. Cooperation among Southeast Asia countries played a pivotal role in helping combat the issue in the region, the agency's top official said on Monday.
"Human trafficking cases are a threat for all governments in the Southeast Asian region, because the issue has expanded into organized crime, both internationally and domestically," LPSK chairman Abdul Haris Semendawai said as quoted by newsportal kompas.com.
Malaysia's publication The Star reported that the 10 ASEAN leaders signed a key convention at the 27th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Saturday to protect victims of human trafficking as well as to hand down harsh punishment to perpetrators.
The convention, called the ASEAN Convention against Trafficking in Persons (ACTIP) listed three objectives for the member nations in eliminating human trafficking. The objectives include preventing and combatting human trafficking, protecting and assisting human trafficking victims with full respect for their human rights and promoting co-operation among relevant parties.
Semendawai said the legal framework facilitated coordination, prevention and prosecution of human trafficking crimes, because of the high possibility that victims were sent from one country to another to be exploited.
He said he was optimistic that ACTIP would help prevent and combat human trafficking, particularly in the case of women and children. It would also protect and assist victims to improve their lives.
The convention, he said, was in line with the LPSK's tasks of protecting and assisting witnesses and victims.
"Human trafficking is one of the LPSK's priority issues, as stipulated in the 2014 law on witness and victim protection," he said. (afr/rin)(+)
