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sparebox2, on 2012-01-26 10:00:55, said:

Well said.....

Nice earrings.

I'd better do something for myself. They robbed me of half of my wealth, so I had to do it to feed my kids," he said.


Those poor starving children, what a hero this guy is. Gag me with a spoon.

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ah here we go ...

Guess you missed the last one of these cases - Reported in The Nation as 'American Company Steal Thai workers salary and leaves them stranded' Ugly but strangely enough the Nation, bastion of the free press that it is, did NOT mention that the company was set up by a Thai national who subsequently fled to Thailand. Attempts by the State Of California to extradite have so far proved fruitless. As reported in the Chronicle (SF) when the migrant workers were repatriated they went to the company owner’s house in Bangkok to find it surrounded by police. The Thai police were there to keep the labourers he stole from off his property.

At least these clowns are going to face a trial. Yes Animatic, The State of California probably does not have a high regard for ‘Thai extradition proceedings” after that episode. And they want to extradite Thaksin.       What goes around comes around

Forced labor of 400 Thais on US farms? I believe the 400 went there at their own free wills.

RKASA, on 2010-09-03 09:31:52, said:

My point was about the stick the us like to use on other countries instead of looking at its own problems, but looks like it is already happening

http://www.humantraf...ing.org/updates

any way points mean prizes as they say

Six charged in forced labor of 400 Thais on US farms

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The US Justice Department on Thursday announced indictments against six people for luring 400 Thais to the United States and conspiring to force them into working as farm laborers.

A grand jury in Honolulu indicted the six for their alleged scheme "to coerce the labor and services of approximately 400 Thai nationals brought by the defendants to the United States from Thailand from May 2004 through September 2005 to work on farms across the country."

Officials said Israeli Mordechai Orian, Pranee Tubchumpol, Shane Germann and Sam Wongsesanit of the Los Angeles-based company Global Horizons Manpower conspired with Thai labor recruiters Ratawan Chunharutai and Podjanee Sinchai to carry out the crimes that began with false promises of lucrative jobs.

The Thais, upon arrival in the United States, had their passports taken away and forced to pay thousands of dollars in recruitment fees, which were "financed by debts secured with the workers' family property and homes."

The defendants maintained the victims' labor on farms in Hawaii and the western US state of Washington "by threatening to send them back to Thailand, knowing they would face serious economic harms created by the debts," said the Justice Department.

If convicted, Orian and Tubchumpol face maximum sentences of 70 years in prison, and Chunharutai faces a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison, officials said.

The others face maximum sentences of five to 10 years in prison.


-- ©Copyright AFP 2010-09-03 | AFP News Sponsor
Published with written approval from AFP.

Philnz, on 2010-09-02 11:43:15, said:

Run by Porn who used to be one of the hardest working girls in show business !! Shes well aware of its dual meaning.

Even has a tattoo with porn written over a star.

Not seen her in ages.. Hung up her platforms and hot pants for the laundry trade !!