A Saudi diplomat and his wife allegedly forced two trafficked women to work in slave-like conditions at their London home.
The envoy kept the women as virtual prisoners, confiscated their passports, prevented them from contacting their families, forbade them from leaving the property on their own and racially harassed them, legal papers claim.
But Jarallah Al-Malki and his wife have won an appeal to allow them to claim diplomatic immunity, meaning they may not have to answer the claims made in an employment tribunal document seen by the Evening Standard.
The allegations of mistreatment have not yet been examined in court as the hearings have so far only been to decide whether the couple can claim immunity. Papers state that Filipino Cherrylyn Reyes and Indonesian Titin Rohaetin Suryadi were employed as “domestic workers”.
Ms Reyes claims she was made to work more than 17 hours a day, seven days a week, with no pay. She alleges her passport was taken, that she was not allowed to contact her family, and was not allowed out of the house except with Al-Malki or his family.
She fled after contacting police on March 14, 2011, the documents state. Full story...
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The envoy kept the women as virtual prisoners, confiscated their passports, prevented them from contacting their families, forbade them from leaving the property on their own and racially harassed them, legal papers claim.
But Jarallah Al-Malki and his wife have won an appeal to allow them to claim diplomatic immunity, meaning they may not have to answer the claims made in an employment tribunal document seen by the Evening Standard.
The allegations of mistreatment have not yet been examined in court as the hearings have so far only been to decide whether the couple can claim immunity. Papers state that Filipino Cherrylyn Reyes and Indonesian Titin Rohaetin Suryadi were employed as “domestic workers”.
Ms Reyes claims she was made to work more than 17 hours a day, seven days a week, with no pay. She alleges her passport was taken, that she was not allowed to contact her family, and was not allowed out of the house except with Al-Malki or his family.
She fled after contacting police on March 14, 2011, the documents state. Full story...
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