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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Hannah Neale

Ambassador paid 'scared' worker $9 for 17-hour days, court finds

Navdeep Suri Singh, who was ordered to pay more than $136,000. Picture Twitter

A domestic worker employed by an ambassador was required to work in illegal conditions, paid only $9 per day, and was confined to the house except to walk a dog.

On Friday, a court found Navdeep Suri Singh, who was the Indian High Commissioner to Australia at the time, hired a woman who undertook 17.5-hour days, seven days a week, with no leave.

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