Businessperson K Ketheeswaran, better known as Kenneth Eswaran, and his wife, Vivienne Ketheeswaran, were charged in the Sessions Court today on three counts of trafficking for the purpose of exploitation of three Indonesian maids between 2012 and last month.

Ketheeswaran, 58, and Vivienne, 63, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out to them before judge Roszianayati Ahmad.