Re: Man in Slave Case Sentenced to 3 Years — A Long Island man convicted of helping his wife keep two Indonesian housekeepers as virtual slaves was sentenced on Friday to three years and four months in prison, ending a trial that shed light on the often little-seen exploitation and abuse of domestic workers.



On Jun 28, 8:49 pm, rst0wxyz <rst0w...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 28, 12:39 pm, rst0wxyz <rst0w...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Man in Slave Case Sentenced to 3 Yearshttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/nyregion/28slave.html?ref=nyregion

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 28, 2008
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"He's a success story: The immigrant who came to this country and
succeeded in business. He had to know all these dreadful things and
did nothing," the judge said.

The husband is originally from India, and the wife from Indonesia.(indian indonesian)
Both are naturalized U.S. citizens.

Spatt also will decide on how much the women are owed in restitution
for back wages. While the servants worked for the Sabhnanis, their
relatives in Indonesia were sent about $100 a month; the women
received no direct payments.


they treat their own people like dirt. the world is not surprised.
these two indians will enjoy the prison..their image destroyed and
business will tumble....

let wait and see if any millionaire chinese out there treating servant
like slaves too...
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