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U.S. Labor Department sues Saudi couple accused of enslaving Indonesian
woman
DENVER (AP): The U.S. Labor Department has filed a civil lawsuit Monday
against a Saudi Arabian couple accused of keeping an Indonesian woman as a
virtual slave for four years while the husband repeatedly sexually
assaulted her.
Homaidan Al-Turki and his wife Sarah Khonaizan already faces federal
criminal charges of forced labor, document servitude and harboring an
illegal immigrant. Al-Turki also faces state charges of rape, kidnapping,
false imprisonment and extortion, andKhonaizan faces state charges of
kidnapping, false imprisonment and extortion.
Both face up to life in prison if convicted.
A federal indictment released in June said the Indonesian woman was
allegedly paid less than the equivalent of US$2 a day over four years to
cook, clean and care for the couple's five children and was sometimes
loaned out to work for four other families when her host family traveled.
Court documents said thewoman told investigators she worked seven days a
week with no regular days off from 2000 to 2004 while living with
Al-Turki's family in suburban Aurora, Colorado.
The Labor Department's lawsuit accuses Al-Turki and Khonaizan of illegally
paying the woman less than the minimum wage and failing to keep records of
the woman's employment.
John Richilano, one of the couple's attorneys, did not immediately return a
call.
The lawsuit said the couple owes the woman about $62,500 in unpaid wages
and said the court would be authorized to order damages of that amount or
higher.
The woman, whose name is being withheld by The Associated Press because
she's an alleged sexual assault victim, was 17 when she was hired by
Khonaizan through an employment agency, the indictment said. (**)
Wahyu Susilo
Project Officer Poverty & MDGs
International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID)
Jl. Mampang Prapatan XI/23
Jakarta 12790
Phone: 62-21-79196721/22
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website: www.infid.org, www.infid.be
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