MARY Jane Veloso’s case should serve as a rude awakening for government to realize that a lot still needs to be done to combat human trafficking in the country, a lawmaker said Friday.

Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the Philippines is still classified in Tier 2 on the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report that was released in June 2014.

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