Angie Yeh Ling Liaw is charged with three slavery offences against a woman who is now terminally ill

A mum accused of keeping a slave at her Point Cook home says it is “very unfair” that she has been charged as she offered to show pictures of her alleged victim going on “outings”.

Chee Kit Chong and his wife Angie Yeh Ling Liaw are facing slavery charges. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

An accused suburban slaver has told a court she wants to hand over “a lot of pictures” of her alleged victim going on “outings” in a bid to defend herself on slavery charges.

Point Cook mum Angie Yeh Ling Liaw, charged with three slavery offences against a woman who is now terminally ill, told the Melbourne Magistrates Court, “You want me to submit some evidence? Sure.”

“I have a lot of pictures about the person (alleged slave) going on outings with us – when do you want me to submit those?” the 29-year-old asked the court on Monday, while representing herself on charges that could see her jailed.

Asked why she didn’t have a lawyer, Ms Liaw blamed her husband and co-accused, Chee Kit Chong, 44, who is also charged with keeping a slave at their Point Cook home for ten months in 2022.

Point Cook couple Angie Ling Liaw and Chee Kit Chong. Picture: Facebook

Mr Chong faces separate criminal charges in Tasmania, where the court heard he was earlier forced to surrender his passport.

Asked why she didn’t have a lawyer on charges that could see her sent behind bars, she blamed Mr Chong saying, “My husband was looking for one”.

“He said he had found a lawyer for me but I don’t know if he did or not,” she told Magistrate Belinda Franjic through a Mandarin interpreter.

“This matter is just very unfair to me,” Ms Liaw said.

Despite indicating she’d like to put on evidence in her defence, being many “pictures”, the young mum swiftly changed her mind after advice from a Legal Aid lawyer.

Both accused slavers asked the magistrate for a delay of their case because of legal issues, as their alleged victim stared down the barrel of a terminal illness that gave her 30 months to live.

But Ms Franjic said the pair had made “no meaningful progress” in their case, changing lawyers three times since March, with the third barrister still yet to be paid.

Her Honour fast tracked their case for trial to a higher court, stating that further delays could cause “irreparable prejudice” to the prosecution as the terminal illness of the alleged victim gave it a “significant matter of urgency”.

Mr Chong and Ms Liaw both pleaded not guilty to three charges, and were committed to face a four week trial in the County Court.

They will face a pre-trial hearing on August 14.