A Victorian restaurant owner who enslaved a migrant worker under the threat of deportation has been spared jail. Farok Shaik threatened the woman, told her to think of her visa and said his friends were police officers when she asked repeatedly about her promised wages. The couple from India didn't think they could leave because Shaik was meant to be sponsoring the woman's permanent residency. Shaik had initially agreed to pay the woman $42,500 a year to serve food and drinks at his Yarrawonga Indian Tandoori Restaurant. The woman told the court she had lived a good and happy life before meeting Shaik, who left her feeling hopeless and useless.

Source: Daily Mail June 22, 2020 09:33 UTC