chooa had family who could pay the ransom and she was returned to kuala lumpur where today she works as a dishwasher but many are not so lucky. they are sold as force labor to prostitution rings, factories and fishing boats. >> karen zusman reporting from malaysia. for more on this tonight we are joined by a specialist on the problem of human trafficking. elaine pierson, deputy director of the asia division of human rights watch. welcome. >> thank you. >> what is the current situation when it comes to the status of migrants coming from myanmar? >> well, now what we're seeing is that -- actually since the u.s. foreign relations committee released their report, documenting the trafficking that we just saw at the time malaysian border, what we're seeing is that there's not so many deportations of burmese refugees to the border area. so now that the deportations have stopped. however, the raid -- >> why do you think that is? because of the pressure? >> because of the pressure from the u.s. government on both the malaysians and on the thai officials and what we're seeing, however is that

security council 1874 hail to park beijing over this weekend for kuala lumpur.ythere will be meetings with officials on monday, july 6. as we look to the fourth of july, our national holiday, i'm very cognizant of the fact that my counterparts -- not my counterparts. my colleagues, my fellow citizens are now in harm's way in afghanistan in the helmand region. my thoughts and prayers go out to them and their families. i want to give you a bit of an overview -- some information about the involvement of the state department in helmand. we are well-positioned for thevt will follow clearing operations that were launched by the marines in the last 24 hours. the u.s. agency for international development and the state currently have two officers that are directly linked to the marines in helmand. they have been in helmand for over two years. we understand that they are highly regarded for that -- by their other marine colleagues and some of the most experienced experts that we have in afghanistan. in addition, a usaid officer will ride in helmand this weekend with three