POLICE arrested a Nigerian man and two Tanzanian women yesterday on suspicion of being involved in a sexual exploitation case.

Ampang Jaya district police chief Mohamad Farouk Eshak said the trio, aged between 28 and 37, were nabbed in a raid on a serviced residence in Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur at 12.45am.

He said police received a report from a Tanzanian woman on Wednesday, who claimed to have fled after she was deceived by her compatriot who promised a job at a beauty centre in the country.

“The complainant claimed to have been locked up and forced to provide sexual services to foreign men,” he said in a statement today.

“She also wanted to reclaim her passport, which was left behind while escaping, and to get in touch with the embassy to return to her home country.

“During the raid, police seized several mobile phones belonging to the three suspects, and checks on the main suspect’s device found the photos of the victim and her passport.”

Farouk said the investigation found that the trio had entered the country using student visas.

“The male suspect had a passport while the two female suspects failed to show any valid identity document and tested positive for drugs,” he said, adding that the suspects are under remand until next Thursday.

The case is being investigated under section 13 of the Anti-Trafficking In Person and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007. – Bernama, December 10, 2022.