BOOK REVIEW: A Long Road to Justice: Stories from the Frontlines in Asia

By Sylvia Yu Friedman, published by Penguin Random House SEA, paperback, US$27.60 from Amazon

Reviewed by: Toh Han Shih

This is an excellent book that narrates vividly the trafficking of women mostly for prostitution and sometimes domestic labor throughout Asia. The book spans past and present, traversing different parts of the world including Canada, mainland China, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, South Korea, and the Philippines.…