Prosecutors: Chinese chef forced to sleep in cage
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February 22, 2013, Friday
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A CHINESE chef was forced to sleep in a cage in an Amsterdam restaurant for a year while working in slave-like conditions, Dutch prosecutors said.
The cook was "exploited in the most terrible way," according to court documents seen by AFP yesterday related to the ongoing trial of a 52-year-old female Chinese restaurant owner and four other suspects on human trafficking charges.
"The victim was intimidated and had to work under miserable conditions," while being shuttled between Chinese restaurants in Amsterdam and the eastern city of Arnhem.
"The man... was not allowed to visit a doctor and had to sleep in a cage in an Amsterdam restaurant under video surveillance. He spent the last year in this stinking cage, haunted by the memory of a beating he received," prosecutors said.
The unnamed man had to work long hours for almost no pay "while his bank account was raided by the suspects," they added.
"For months he sat in a foreign country, with no money and not being able to speak the language. This case is about an incredibly lonely, exploited and desperate man."
Prosecutors are seeking a 20-month sentence against the restaurant owner and sentences of between 10 to 15 months for the other four.
The chef, whose age was not released, traveled to the Netherlands in late 2007 to work in Chinese restaurant kitchens.
The cook was "exploited in the most terrible way," according to court documents seen by AFP yesterday related to the ongoing trial of a 52-year-old female Chinese restaurant owner and four other suspects on human trafficking charges.
"The victim was intimidated and had to work under miserable conditions," while being shuttled between Chinese restaurants in Amsterdam and the eastern city of Arnhem.
"The man... was not allowed to visit a doctor and had to sleep in a cage in an Amsterdam restaurant under video surveillance. He spent the last year in this stinking cage, haunted by the memory of a beating he received," prosecutors said.
The unnamed man had to work long hours for almost no pay "while his bank account was raided by the suspects," they added.
"For months he sat in a foreign country, with no money and not being able to speak the language. This case is about an incredibly lonely, exploited and desperate man."
Prosecutors are seeking a 20-month sentence against the restaurant owner and sentences of between 10 to 15 months for the other four.
The chef, whose age was not released, traveled to the Netherlands in late 2007 to work in Chinese restaurant kitchens.
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