Quebec man charged with exploitation in Saskatoon sex, drug case

A 27-year-old Quebec man is sitting in a Saskatoon jail charged with dealing drugs and exploiting a woman under Ottawa's new prostitution laws.

In May, Saskatoon police charged Mali Jean, from Laval, Quebec, with trafficking drugs in Saskatoon.

Today, he was charged with exploiting a woman and making money from that exploitation. Jean is also accused of assaulting the woman with a belt and buckle.

He appeared by video in provincial court.

The charges come under the government's new prostitution laws, theProtection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, which came into effectlate last year.

The case involves one alleged victim and is still under investigation.

Jean is due back in court Tuesday, to set a date for a bail hearing.