The Elks Hall in Rosetown is also home to circuit court. (CKOM staff)

By Nigel Maxwell

Human trafficking

Trial dates set for Sask. human trafficking case

Nov 28, 2023 | 2:00 PM

A Saskatchewan human trafficking case, with ties to Tisdale, is proceeding to trial.

Mohammad Masum and Sohel Haider’s matters were last spoken to on Nov. 23 at Rosetown Provincial Court. A trial date was set for Sept. 23, 2024. A separate date for a case management hearing was also secured for June 19, 2024.

The charges against the two men stem from an RCMP investigation earlier this year into forced labour at three Saskatchewan restaurants.

According to information provided by RCMP on July 6, a woman from Bangladesh in Canada on a visitor’s permit was allegedly forced to work 10- to 12-hour days at restaurants in three different towns — Gull Lake, Elrose and Tisdale — after she applied for a restaurant job in Saskatchewan.

The RCMP said the woman stayed in a dark, unfinished concrete basement when she wasn’t working.

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She was allegedly threatened by her employers that her working permit would be taken away or police would be called if she didn’t comply.

Mohammad Masum from Tisdale and Sohel Haider from Elrose are each charged with one count of trafficking a person. Masum was also charged with three counts of sexual assault.

Not guilty pleas were entered and endorsed on Nov. 9 in Rosetown circuit court.

A third man was also arrested, but later released without any charges.

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