Filipina denies trafficking girl

Philippines national Estrellita Tabanao Padilla, 54, being escorted by police officials outside the Johor Baru Magistrate and Sessions building here after she was charged at the Sessions court for trafficking an underage girl for exploitation in Johor Baru on Jan 10 2016.

JOHOR BARU: A Filipina has pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to trafficking in an underaged girl for the purpose of exploiting her as forced labour.

Yesterday, Estrellita Tabanao Padilla, 54, claimed trial to having forced the then 13-year-old girl, who is from Sabah, into working here between Jan 15, 2011 and May 17, 2013.