Kaixiao Liu told jurors he wants the deported women to testify at trial.

The woman whose body was found floating in Gulf Harbour was denied food and locked up in a tent before her death, says the Crown.

Evidence from the five women was needed for "open justice" and the "search of truth", Kaixiao Liu told the court.

Kaixiao Liu told jurors he wants the deported women to testify at trial.