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“Slavery” Woman Varsha Sabhnani Gets 11 Years

By John on
New York couple Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, 46, and her husband Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, imprisoned two Indonesian women, identified only as Nona and Samirah, in 2002 and kept them as slaves. This has been against the law in New York for a very long time so they're both going to jail, specifically on charges of forced labour, peonage, harbouring aliens, document servitude and conspiracy. (Peonage is a form of bonded labor whereby loans are paid off with labor instead of currency or...Read Full Story

Woman Sentenced To 11 Years For Keeping Slaves

By aishamusic on | From aishamusic.wordpress.com
Varsha Sabhnani A woman in New York, Varsha Sabhnani, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for keeping two modern day slaves in her home and abusing them. They were harassed, terrorized and assaulted, until one made an escape to a local store, where an employee called the police. NY millionaire gets prison for enslaving workers CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A millionaire who inflicted years of abuse on two Indonesian housekeepers held as virtual slaves in her Long Island mansion...Read Full Story

“modern-day slavery”

By ultratupai on | From tbelfield.wordpress.com
  One domestic servant, identified only as Enung, had a mat on the floor instead of a bed, prosecutors say. Abeyasekere in Jakarta: A History (1987) notes the population count of Batavia in 1673 as: Netherlanders 2,024 Eurasians 726 Chinese 2,747 Mardijkers 5,262 Moors and Javanese 1,339 Malayans 611 Balinese 981 Slaves 13,278 Total Population 27,068 It IS hard to believe that Jakarta only had a population of 27,068 people at one time but so it was. The Dutch, it seems...Read Full Story

Appeals court upholds NY forced labor conviction

| From ap.org
A federal appeals court has upheld the forced-labor convictions of a Long Island couple sentenced to prison for enslaving two Indonesian housekeepers. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected arguments by attorneys for Mahender (muh-HEHN'-dur) and Varsha Sabhnani (sahb-NAH'-nee) that sought to overturn their conviction. It also ordered a recalculation of restitution so that the Indonesian women can receive more money. Varsha Sabhnani's lawyer had argued that publicity...Read Full Story

Slavery in 21st century

By paviagrawal on | From techhairball.com
CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (AP) — A millionaire who inflicted years of abuse on two Indonesian housekeepers held as virtual slaves in her Long Island mansion was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison. Varsha Sabhnani, 46, was convicted on a 12-count federal indictment. Varsha Sabhnani, 46, was convicted with her husband in December on a 12-count federal indictment that included forced labor, conspiracy, involuntary servitude and harboring aliens. The trial provided a...Read Full Story
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