JOHOR BARU, April 10 -- A 20-year-old unemployed youth and an 18-year-old accessory shop assistant claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to trafficking three men for the purpose of labour exploitation in Malaysia and Myanmar between late 2024 and February this year.

The two accused, Jasper Yap En Wai and Desmond Ang Whei Cheng, made the plea after the charge was read out by a court interpreter in Mandarin before Judge Siti Noraida Sulaiman.

According to the prosecution, the two accused face two charges of jointly achieving the intention to traffic in two men, aged 18 and 20, for the purpose of labour exploitation by deception.

The act was committed at a restaurant in Taman Maju Jaya here between early December 2024 and February 14, ...