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Five charged with trafficking children
Four women and a man pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here today to trafficking children from 2009 to January this year.
D.C Chin, 57, Ooi Ah Imm, 47, Lim Choon Liang, 63, Lim Soo Chin, 52, and Bahtiar Abas, 51, were charged under Section 14 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007.
The accused allegedly committed the offences at various locations in Perak, Penang and Kedah, between Dec 28 2009 and Jan 16 this year.
Judge Nabisha Ibrahim set bail at RM50,000 with one surety each and fixed Feb 15 for remention.
Deputy public prosecutor Siti Aishah Ramlan conducted the prosecution while lawyer Y. Yogeswaran represented Soo Chin and Chun Liang, and J.J Singh and K. Supramaniam appeared for Chin and Ooi respectively. Bahtiar was unrepresented.
D.C Chin, 57, Ooi Ah Imm, 47, Lim Choon Liang, 63, Lim Soo Chin, 52, and Bahtiar Abas, 51, were charged under Section 14 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007.
The accused allegedly committed the offences at various locations in Perak, Penang and Kedah, between Dec 28 2009 and Jan 16 this year.
Judge Nabisha Ibrahim set bail at RM50,000 with one surety each and fixed Feb 15 for remention.
Deputy public prosecutor Siti Aishah Ramlan conducted the prosecution while lawyer Y. Yogeswaran represented Soo Chin and Chun Liang, and J.J Singh and K. Supramaniam appeared for Chin and Ooi respectively. Bahtiar was unrepresented.