Bangladeshi diplomat accused for labor trafficking
Sources from New York have stated that a high ranking Bangladeshi diplomat based in New York, accused of forcing his servant to work for up to 18 hours a day without pay, was charged on Monday with labor trafficking and assault. Shahedul Islam, Bangladesh’s Deputy Consul General in New York, data-faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
It was stated that for his bail, which was set at $50,000 bond or $25,000 cash, Bangladesh’s Consul General in New York Shameem Ahsan, other colleagues and relatives arranged a $50,000 bond. But it will take a day for him to be released.
Meanwhile
Shahedul, 45, brought another Bangladeshi, Mohammed Amin, to the United States
between 2012 and 2013 to work for his family in Queens as a household helper,
an arrangement common among South Asian diplomats. Moreover Shahedul has
limited diplomatic immunity and was ordered to surrender his passport when he
appeared before Queens Supreme Court Justice Daniel Lewis, Brown said in a
statement.