IMMIGRATION AGENT AMONG FOUR MEN CHARGED WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING

TAIPING, July 3 (Bernama) – An immigration officer was among four men charged in the High Court today with trafficking six Vietnamese women into the country.

Abdul Hadi Mat Din, 42, two local men, Teoh Boon Poh, 58, and Chua Eng Keong, 47, and a Thai national, Sukree Awang, 48, pleaded not guilty to the charge before Judge Noor Ruwena Md Nurdin.

They were accused of committing the offence at a paid car park at the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) complex at Bukit Berapit in Pengkalan Hulu at 11.26am on March 9 this year.

The charge, brought under Section 26A of the Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Act 2007 and read in conjunction with Section 34 of the Penal Code, carries a maximum prison term of 20 years and is liable to a fine on conviction.

The court set a date of July 31 for the mention.

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