He said this was to ensure that those caught and charged with the offences would not escape punishment due to lack of expertise.

“The Attorney-General’s Cham bers is looking into speeding up the prosecution process for human trafficking cases.

“It is providing training to ensure that prosecutors are well-versed in the subject,” he said when launching the Stop Child Sex Trafficking campaign organised by The Body Shop here yesterday.

Read more @ thestar

Some, including illegal domestic help and victims of human trafficking, remain runaways for fear of deportation.

Others seek protection from their respective embassies, in some cases, along with newborn babies — often the product of sexual assault.

The dreadful stories came from women at the shelter in the Indonesian Embassy on Jalan Tun Razak.

As of yesterday, 162 women were at the shelter which has a capacity to hold 75 people. Some stay for weeks, some for months.

Some of them have been beaten, raped or tortured with scalding water and nearly all have been treated like slaves and not paid for months or years of exhausting work.

Many still bear the scars, scalds and wounds inflicted on them.

Now they wait for their cases to be resolved via mediation with resentful former employers, or make their way painfully slowly through Malaysia’s court system, before they can return to their villages and towns.

Of the estimated 300,000 maids in Malaysia, Indonesians make up 90 per cent while Filipinas constitute
eight per cent.

Read more @ the Malay mail

It’s been a great year and many great stories from all the cities we have gone doing Change Your World especially when you see the young generation owning their city and making the difference.

We at Change Your World are excited that we will be doing Kuala Lumpur on September 25 our home ground. More details soon.

But I want to share our latest development. Our desire for the Millennial generation is that they not only learn city ownership but also expand their borders to see what is happening to our nation and also the rest of the world. There is of course endless needs but why not we start doing something to make the difference.

We recently partnered with World Vision under our World Ownership helping to build water treatments for the people who do not have water.

DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERY 21 SECONDS A CHILD DIES BECAUSE OF WATER RELATED ILLNESSES?

Want to find out more? Hover over our navigation bar on top and click on “YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE” and discover lots more about how we can make a difference.

Let’s together make the difference.

God bless,
Kelvin Lim
CYW Founder

Special thanks to William for taking up the responsibility to champion and gather all the churches together. You made the difference.

Also to Kah Wai who handled the headache of all the cash in his hands and many other things you did for us.

To the prayer team. You changed the atmosphere in the hall and I’m certain the people… (Read More)