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Number of Overseas Filipino Workers Imprisoned in Sabah, Malaysia

Requested from DFA by R. Caling at 09:14 PM on Dec 06, 2021.
Purpose: Academic Purposes
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2015 - 12/06/2021
Tracking no: #DFA-084023610361

Caling 09:14 PM, Dec 06, 2021 

Good day! I would like to request data on the number of Filipinos imprisoned in Sabah, Malaysia for the last six years (2015-2021) along with the following details:

1. The distribution of imprisoned OFWs in Sabah according to sex
2. The distribution of imprisoned OFWs in Sabah according to crimes or violations committed

I will be using this data for an article I am writing on OFWs in Sabah. Thank you very much!

Officer 02:38 PM, Dec 07, 2021 

December 7, 2021

Dear Rhenzel Raymond,

Thank you for your request dated Dec 06, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Number of Overseas Filipino Workers Imprisoned in Sabah, Malaysia.

We received your request on Dec 06, 2021 and will respond on or before Dec 27, 2021 09:14:13 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://zcwd20190208-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERGQS0wODQwMjM2MTAzNjEM, for request with ticket number #DFA-084023610361.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer


While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance, upon further evaluation of your request, please be advised that the “Inventory of Exemptions to Executive Order Number 2 S. 2016” Section 2 states as follows:

 “Privileged information relating to national security, defense or international relations... information, record, or document that must be kept secret in the interest of national defense and security... Diplomatic negotiations and other information required to be kept secret in the conduct of foreign affairs...”

The need to keep diplomatic communications inviolable is recognized in international law as well as in the Inventory of Exceptions to Executive Order No. 2, the order which operationalized the right to information. The information you are requesting is a document belonging to this category. DFA is, therefore, constrained by law from issuing copies of the subject documents to the public.

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