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Bangladesh diplomat arrested for not paying servant wages

/ 08:38 AM June 13, 2017

NEW YORK — A Bangladesh diplomat has been indicted on charges he forced a foreign servant to work for his family in New York City without pay and assaulted him on several occasions.

Prosecutors said 45-year-old Md (moo-HAH’-mehd) Shaheldul Islam was arraigned Monday on grand larceny, assault, labor trafficking and other charges. A message left with his lawyer wasn’t immediately returned.

Prosecutors said Islam holds the post of Deputy Consul General of Bangladesh and has limited immunity.

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They said he brought the Bangladeshi servant, identified as Md (moo-HAH’-med) Amin, to New York between 2012 and 2013 to work as household help, but took away his passport.

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Prosecutors said Amin was not paid for his work, was threatened and beaten, sometimes with a wooden shoe. He escaped in 2016.

Islam is due back in court June 28.

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