Keyworth: Abruptly stopped while speaking on corruption

Anne Keyworth, 65, a vocal social activist was abruptly stopped by organizers when touching on corruption in the midst of presenting a paper at the 2011 Workshop on Reporting on Trafficking in Persons’ here in Kota Kinabalu recently.

“Why was I asked to stop talking when I mentioned corrupt police officers in my presentation? Why was I asked to stop talking after presenting my paper for 20 minutes”, she questioned.

The two day workshop was jointly organised by the Malaysian Press Institute (MPI) and the US Embassy.

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Keyworth is the founder of the Bukit Harapan home and had personally helped many victims of human trafficking particularly in Sabah.

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