Salesman claims trial to human trafficking charges

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A 22-year-old salesman, Vincent Sak Zhan Sheng, was charged at the   Johor Baru Sessions Court on Wednesday (Nov 26) with trafficking three individuals for labour exploitation.   He pleaded not guilty before Judge Hidayatul Syuhada Shamsudin.  Sak faces a charge under Section 12 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 for allegedly trafficking a 26-year-old man through deception, as well as two additional charges under Section 14 for trafficking a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/fedbhurc  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A salesman has been charged at the Johor Bahru Sessions Court with trafficking three people,

00:10two of them teenagers, for labor exploitation. 22-year-old Vincent Saak Jansheng pleaded not

00:16guilty when charged before Judge Hidayatul Shohada Shamsuddin on Wednesday. Saak was

00:22charged under Section 12 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act

00:282007 with trafficking a 26-year-old Malaysian man for labor exploitation through deception.

00:36He was also charged under Section 14 of the same act for trafficking a 16-year-old boy

00:42and a 15-year-old girl for the same purpose. Saak allegedly committed the offenses with five others

00:48at Taman Lagenda Putra in Kulai between April and May this year. Deputy Public Prosecutor Amira

00:57Tasnim Saleh requested the court set bail at 25,000 ringgit for each offense and to also

01:04prohibit Saak from disturbing the victims and witnesses, surrendering his passport and reporting

01:10to the nearest police station once a month. Saak's lawyer, Datin Frida Sabapathy, asked the court to

01:16set a lower bail amount, saying he is the sole caretaker of his widowed mother. Bail was set at

01:2210,000 ringgit for each offense, with the three conditions requested by the prosecution, and

01:28the court also fixed Jan. 13 for next mention.

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