BY JENNIFER KUSAPA
THE case of a 55-year-old man from Malaysia alleged of human trafficking will appear for mention in court.
The accused, Thien Seng Wong, is an employee of Malaysian logging giant Earthmovers and is facing count of human trafficking under the section 77 of the Immigration Act 2012.
He was accused of carrying out internal human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation between November 30, 2015 and January 2016.
Prosecution alleged that Seng had a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl in 2015 up until 2016.
The alleged incident occurred at a logging camp in Isabel province where the accused was working as a manager at the logging camp at the time of the alleged incident.
Prosecution said the father of the girl was also working at that logging camp.
The camp belongs to Jubilant Development Logging, an offshoot of Earth Movers logging company.
That logging company has a camp in Isabel as well as in Vella La Vella.
It was alleged the accused started living with the girl at the Isabel logging camp.
He also took the girl with him when he was transferred to the camp at Vella La Vella.
The accused was arrested after a joint operation made up of police and immigration officers investigated the matter following a media article.
The office of the Director Public Prosecution appears on behalf of the crown on the case.
