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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...
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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...
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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 glimpse into a...
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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, knew how to build...
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Even though Varsha and Mahender Sabhnani, a wealthy Muttontown couple, were convicted of enslaving two Indonesian women, they should receive mercy because of their charity and kindness to others, defense attorneys argue in a court brief. Varsha Sabhnani (sahb-NAH'-nee) was convicted with her...
- Varsha, Mahender Sabhnani: Judge Whacks Modern Slave-Drivers $1 Million (deathby1000papercuts.com)
- Muttontown slavery couple sued (news.search.yahoo.com)
- Lawyers: Muttontown slave couple were kind to others (rss.topix.net)
Slavery In Modern America
Part 1
by pat
The conviction and sentencing of Mahender and Varsha Sabhnani, for the torture and enslavement of two Indonesian maids, has once again brought to the forefront the issue of slavery in modern America.
This case, which made international headlines...
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In many of the newspaper photos of Varsha and Mahender Sabhnani, the Long Island couple convicted last year of enslaving and brutalizing two domestic workers from Indonesia, the Sabhnanis can be seen outside ...
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Chesler Chronicles Sometimes justice is served. Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Arthur Spatt, sentenced 46 year-old Varsha Sabhnani, a millionaire who enslaved and tortured two Indonesian female maids in ...
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