TAIPING: An Immigration officer has been charged, along with three others, in the High Court here with trafficking six Vietnamese women into the country.
Abdul Hadi Mat Din, 42; locals Teoh Boon Poh, 58, and Chua Eng Keong, 47; and Thai national Sukree Awang, 48, pleaded not guilty to the charge before Judge Noor Ruwena Md Nurdin here on Wednesday (July 3).
They were charged with committing the offence at a parking lot at the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security Complex (ICQS) Bukit Berapit in Pengkalan Hulu at 11.26am on March 9 this year.
The charge, framed under Section 26A of the Anti-Trafficking In Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 and read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code, provides imprisonment for up to 20 years and is liable to a fine upon conviction.
The court set July 31 for mention. – Bernama
