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Old 12-18-2007, 01:31 PM
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Seems like someone forgot to mention the 13th Amendment...

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COUPLE CONVICTED IN SLAVERY CASE

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Map, News) - A jury on Monday convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their mansion to work as housekeepers.

Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, and his wife, Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, 45, were each convicted of all charges in a 12-count federal indictment that included forced labor, conspiracy, involuntary servitude, and harboring aliens.

Prosecutors said the women were subjected to repeated psychological and physical abuse and were forced to work 18 hours or more a day.

The Sabhnanis, who have four children and operate a worldwide perfume business out of their Muttontown home on Long Island's Gold Coast, could face up to 40 years in prison, although attorneys predicted the punishment would be considerably less. He is from India, and she is from Indonesia, but both are naturalized U.S. citizens


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Old 12-18-2007, 01:34 PM
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What would expect from a place called "Mutton Town?" Birth place of Cathy Lee Gifford child labor laws...
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Old 12-18-2007, 02:22 PM
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A couple of hard-working folks emigrate to the US, build up a business, creating jobs, etc., and the government just has to beat them down. Damn! What's this country coming to?

Employees cost too much . . . .
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hanging is too good for these two..................
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Old 12-18-2007, 02:30 PM
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Force them to work at McDonalds for a couple of yers?
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Old 12-18-2007, 07:29 PM
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Force them to be the former slaves' slaves?
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creating jobs,
do non-paying jobs count?
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Old 12-19-2007, 12:59 AM
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This kind of scum needs the maximum punishment. In places like Dubai, Singapore, overseas workers are regularly exploited and tortured even worse by their employers. Most in the Arab countries get away free and even in places like Singapore, the case drags on. Good to see these two got the full share of punishment which they fully deserve.

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