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KUALA LUMPUR\/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Malaysia\u2019s predominant human trafficking crime is forced labour, the U.S State Department said on Friday, after downgrading the Southeast Asian country to the worst tier in its annual report on human trafficking.<\/p>

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the release of the 2021 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report as Kari Johnstone, acting director of Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficing In Persons, listens at the State Department in Washington, U.S., July 1, 2021. REUTERS\/Ken Cedeno\/Pool<\/figcaption>

Malaysia fell to \u2018Tier 3\u2019 in this year\u2019s closely watched Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report as it continued to conflate human trafficking and migrant smuggling crimes, and did not adequately address or criminally pursue credible allegations on labour trafficking, the report said.<\/p>\n

Malaysia\u2019s home ministry has not commented publicly on the report and did not immediately respond on Friday to a request from Reuters for comment.<\/p>\n

In a teleconference with reporters, Acting Director of the State Department\u2019s trafficking office Kari Johnstone said the overwhelming majority of trafficking victims in Malaysia are migrant workers, of which there are an estimated 2 million who are documented, and a greater number undocumented.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sectors primarily where we see the greatest forced labour \u2013 which is the predominant form of the crime within Malaysia \u2013 includes on palm oil and agriculture plantations, in construction sites, in the electronics, garment and rubber product industries,\u201d said Johnstone.<\/p>\n

The downgrade comes after a string of complaints by rights groups and U.S. authorities over alleged exploitation of migrant workers in plantations and factories.<\/p>\n

Neighbouring Thailand was downgraded to \u2018Tier 2 Watchlist\u2019 in the report, which found a high number of trafficking victims subjected to forced labour in the fishing and agriculture industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrafficking victims are also subjected to sex trafficking in brothels, massage parlours, bars, karaoke lounges, hotels and private residences,\u201d Johnstone said.<\/p>\n

Thailand\u2019s foreign ministry called the downgrade disappointing and said it does not fairly reflect significant efforts and progress it has made to combat human trafficking.<\/p>\n

It said it has taken several measures, including granting workers from Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar an extended period of stay during the coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe TIP Report, after all, unilaterally makes an evaluation from the U.S\u2019 very own view and by no means represents any international standard,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Thailand has faced criticism from rights groups in recent months over a \u201cbubble and seal\u201d COVID-19 containment policy prohibiting migrant workers in factories and construction site from leaving their workplace during an outbreak.<\/p>\n

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