SEREMBAN – Police on Saturday arrested another individual to assist in an investigation into a case of human trafficking allegedly for sexual exploitation.
Negri Sembilan police chief Datuk Mohamad Mat Yusop said the local man in his 30s was arrested around 10.30am in Penang.
“We are still investigating the case and the man is being remanded under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code for seven days until August 13,” he told Bernama today.
The media previously reported that police detained a male celebrity in his 40s at a roadblock in Negri Sembilan on August 1 to assist in the investigation, but he was later released on police bail after being remanded for three days.
Following the arrest, police rescued a woman of Melanau descent from a hotel room in Kuala Pilah and obtained a temporary protection order to place her in a shelter home in Johor.
The case is being investigated under Section 12 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007, which provides for a jail sentence of up to 15 years and a fine upon conviction.
The man was issued with a compound for undertaking interstate movement without a permit under Covid-19 rules. – Bernama, August 9, 2021
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