Girls Suffer Trauma without any Women and Family Members at their arrival
New Delhi, October 11, 2008 (NE Support Centre & Helpline): Manipur Government in particular and Indian Government in general failed to provide women official to accompany five female victims of human traffic at their arrival at Chennai and Kolkata from Kuala Lumpur.
After a month long struggle of lobbying with the Indian Government and Malaysian Government Official, five female victims of human traffic from Manipur and Assam have finally arrived at Kolkata and reaching Imphal this afternoon.
Woe upon trauma suffering was added to the victims, when they did not find any women companion from Manipur or Indian Government at their arrival at Chennai airport and onward to Kolkata yesterday.
At their arrival, they were taken to Kolkata Manipur Bhavan under the care of the Resident Commissioner for night stay without any women companion.
Dr. Alana Golmei, a social worker from New Delhi along with two women from same community and a man, who is also one of the victims’ brothers, went to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport to receive them. “We were not allowed to meet the girls at airport and later refused to enter Manipur Bhavan campus,” says Dr. Alana.
Later NE Helpline attempted to talk to Dr. M. K. Singh, the Resident Commissioner of Manipur Bhavan, Kolkata this morning, he intentionally refused to come on line.
Madhu Chandra, Spokes Person of NE Support Centre & Helpline says, “The failure of Manipur Government to arrange lady official to accompany the victims at their arrival at Kolkata, is step motherly treatment.” “Was it because these girls belong to tribal communities?” asked Mr. Chandra.
Mr. Chandra also blamed Indian foreign Ministry for not arranging women official to accompany the victims from Chennai to Kolkata. “Arranging a male official to accompany the girls added more trauma suffering,” says Mr. Chandra.
Abel and Joe Networking Pte Ltd. (www.abelnjoe. com) company base at Singapore and through its newly opened branches in North East India, there has been reported of nearly 150 girls from the region have been already recruited with the promised of jobs in Singapore. Five of the victims who managed to escape, arrived Imphal today were also recruited by Abel and Joe Networking Pte Ltd. and kept for three months in Singapore without any work and latter they were misled by the traffickers to Malaysia.
The victims sought shelter from Indian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur after they realized of they were being human trafficked. Later took shelter under the parental care of Pastor David and his wife in Kuala Lumpur.
Earlier on September 29, a delegation led by Public Affair National Secretary of All India Christian Council - Dr. Sam Paul along with Madhu Chandra, and Ms. Lansinglu Rongmei - President of North East Support Centre & Helpline met National Commission for Women, High Commission of Malaysia and Union Minister of Tribal Affair Mr. P. R. Kyndia next day and requested to appeal to the concerned India and Malaysian authorities to repatriate the helpless girls.
NE Support Centre & Helpline appeals to Ministry of External Affair, North Easter state Governments and South Asian countries to watch over the activities of Singapore based Abel & Joe Networking Pte Ltd. and ban their branches operating in the north eastern region.
North East Support Centre & Helpline (www.nehelpline.net) is combined initiative of various human rights activists, social workers, students, journalists and lawyers seeking to prevent harassment and abuses meted out to women, North East People and tribal communities of different states.
Release by
Mr. Madhu Chandra
Spokes Person
9868184939
New Delhi, October 11, 2008 (NE Support Centre & Helpline): Manipur Government in particular and Indian Government in general failed to provide women official to accompany five female victims of human traffic at their arrival at Chennai and Kolkata from Kuala Lumpur.
After a month long struggle of lobbying with the Indian Government and Malaysian Government Official, five female victims of human traffic from Manipur and Assam have finally arrived at Kolkata and reaching Imphal this afternoon.
Woe upon trauma suffering was added to the victims, when they did not find any women companion from Manipur or Indian Government at their arrival at Chennai airport and onward to Kolkata yesterday.
At their arrival, they were taken to Kolkata Manipur Bhavan under the care of the Resident Commissioner for night stay without any women companion.
Dr. Alana Golmei, a social worker from New Delhi along with two women from same community and a man, who is also one of the victims’ brothers, went to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport to receive them. “We were not allowed to meet the girls at airport and later refused to enter Manipur Bhavan campus,” says Dr. Alana.
Later NE Helpline attempted to talk to Dr. M. K. Singh, the Resident Commissioner of Manipur Bhavan, Kolkata this morning, he intentionally refused to come on line.
Madhu Chandra, Spokes Person of NE Support Centre & Helpline says, “The failure of Manipur Government to arrange lady official to accompany the victims at their arrival at Kolkata, is step motherly treatment.” “Was it because these girls belong to tribal communities?” asked Mr. Chandra.
Mr. Chandra also blamed Indian foreign Ministry for not arranging women official to accompany the victims from Chennai to Kolkata. “Arranging a male official to accompany the girls added more trauma suffering,” says Mr. Chandra.
Abel and Joe Networking Pte Ltd. (www.abelnjoe. com) company base at Singapore and through its newly opened branches in North East India, there has been reported of nearly 150 girls from the region have been already recruited with the promised of jobs in Singapore. Five of the victims who managed to escape, arrived Imphal today were also recruited by Abel and Joe Networking Pte Ltd. and kept for three months in Singapore without any work and latter they were misled by the traffickers to Malaysia.
The victims sought shelter from Indian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur after they realized of they were being human trafficked. Later took shelter under the parental care of Pastor David and his wife in Kuala Lumpur.
Earlier on September 29, a delegation led by Public Affair National Secretary of All India Christian Council - Dr. Sam Paul along with Madhu Chandra, and Ms. Lansinglu Rongmei - President of North East Support Centre & Helpline met National Commission for Women, High Commission of Malaysia and Union Minister of Tribal Affair Mr. P. R. Kyndia next day and requested to appeal to the concerned India and Malaysian authorities to repatriate the helpless girls.
NE Support Centre & Helpline appeals to Ministry of External Affair, North Easter state Governments and South Asian countries to watch over the activities of Singapore based Abel & Joe Networking Pte Ltd. and ban their branches operating in the north eastern region.
North East Support Centre & Helpline (www.nehelpline.net) is combined initiative of various human rights activists, social workers, students, journalists and lawyers seeking to prevent harassment and abuses meted out to women, North East People and tribal communities of different states.
Release by
Mr. Madhu Chandra
Spokes Person
9868184939
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