Flight from Sekama
Tuesday, July 1, 2003
WATI (not her real name) was in tears as she whispered those words. The 25-year-old had been separated from her loved one for four months. A resident of a small village in the West Kalimantan district of Lendak, Wati was the victim of a baby trafficking syndicate operating on the border of Sarawak, Malaysia.
Wati's plight began when she met a young man named Abdullah in January. "My cousin introduced me to Abdullah," said Wati in a strong Malay a
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