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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