Overview
- Surya Subekti pleaded guilty to organising the entry of a person under 18 to provide sexual services and to causing a person under 18 to engage in forced labour and was sentenced to six years and five months' jail with a non-parole period of four years and five months.
- The judge found Subekti arranged the contract, visa, transport and attendance at nominated brothels and took steps to hide the girl's age, concluding she was dependent and isolated in a foreign country.
- Court documents say the victim, who remains anonymised under legal protections, was forced to work long shifts of about 10 to 12 hours per day while in Australia.
- Driver Elton Valentino pleaded guilty to facilitating the transport of a person under 18 to provide sexual services and was jailed for two years and eight months; with time already served he may be released under a five-year good-behaviour arrangement.
- The court rejected defence claims that the girl volunteered or was of legal age, noted Subekti showed no genuine remorse and cited his gambling problem and the organised nature of the offending when assessing rehabilitation and sentence length.