Eldorado Posted July 27, 2020 #1 Share Posted July 27, 2020 "A New Zealand-based Samoan chief has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for human trafficking and using 13 of his countrymen as slaves over a 25-year period. "Joseph Auga Matamata, 65, also known as Villiamu Samu, was found guilty on 10 counts of trafficking and 13 counts of slavery following a five-week trial at the high court in Napier in March. "During sentencing on Monday, Justice Helen Cull described Matamata’s offending as “abhorrent”, and ordered him to pay NZ$180,000 ($120,000) in reparations to his victims, RNZ reported, with the crown seizing half of Matamata’s assets last month in a bid to recover funds for the reparations." Full report at the UK Guardian: Link 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted July 27, 2020 #2 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Too bad... Quote https://wikileaks.org › wiki › Scient... Scientology cult contract - WikiLeaks 27 Apr 2008 · By signing this contract a person is also stating that they fully agree with Scientology's opposition to Psychiatry and that ... ~ A "billion" years ~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiXilver Posted July 27, 2020 #3 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I figure the Chief got off very light with that sentence. Were I the Judge, he'd be imprisoned for as many years as he held people against their will... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted July 27, 2020 #4 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I was absolutely appalled to read about this yesterday. The depths of depravity required to treat people as things. Just evil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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