KOTA KINABALU: An e-hailing driver has claimed trial to sex trafficking four teenage girls between 2023 and earlier this year.
Wong Aik Yen, 40, pleaded not guilty to four charges of trafficking the girls aged 15 and 10 months, 13 and seven months, 15 and six months and 16 and seven months for sex exploitation before Sessions Court judges Noor Hafizah Mohd Salim and Marlina Ibrahim.
Wong had allegedly committed the offences in different locations comprising a residence at a shopping mall in the city, a wellness centre, and a hotel here in March 2023, December 2024 and January this year.
If convicted under Section 14 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling Migrants Act 2007, Wong could serve between five years and life in jail, and whipping.
The court set March 26 this year for case mention and ordered Wong to be remanded pending the disposal of his case.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Dacia Jane Romanus appeared for the prosecution while Wong was represented by counsel Mohamad Syazwan Shah Mohamad Ali.
