Diplomat arrested in US for labor law violations |
It is being
reported in Indian news reports, that she was strip searched and kept in a cell
with drug addicts before posting $250,000 bail. This is causing quite a stir in
India, as wealthy people there are not subjected to common security issues, as
we are here. This is probably the reason Bombay was recently taken over by
terrorists for a week. Only poor people are subjected to common security tactics
in India.
This arrest has caused a international debacle. |
In fact,
standard security checks for Indian officials in the U.S. are regularly front-page
fodder in India, when they involve visiting Indian dignitaries, which are usually
exempt from friskings while in their home nation. Somnath Chatterjee, India's
former speaker of Parliament, even once refused to attend an international
meeting in Australia when he wasn't guaranteed that he would not have to pass
through security. Chatterjee said even the possibility of a security screening
was "an affront to India."
“An Affront
to India.” That is what Indians consider common security in this country.
Personally I think that if they don’t like it, they should go back where they
came from, and take all their crappy overly spicy food with them.
India destroys barricades surrounding US Embassy there. |
On Tuesday,
Indian political leaders from both the ruling party and the opposition refused
to meet with the U.S. congressional delegation in New Delhi. The Indian
government said it was "shocked and appalled at the manner in which the
diplomat had been humiliated" in the U.S. Then in a continued act of what
the kids call ‘butthurt’ on the internet, they began tearing down protective barricades
in front of our embassy in New Delhi. So now they are making it easier for
terrorists to attack our embassies. This is going to be Benghazi all over
again, just because we arrested one of their people that were acting unlawfully
in our country.
Back in New
York, It was reported that Khobragade, 39, claimed to have paid her Indian maid
$4,500 per month but actually paid her less than the U.S. minimum wage. For
diplomats to get a visa for their personal staff, they must get an A-3 visa, to
do so, they must show proof that the employee will receive a fair wage,
comparable to employment in the U.S.
Khobragade
told the housekeeper she would be paid 30,000 rupees a month about $573, or
$3.31 per hour, much less that the U.S. minimum wage. The woman worked for the
family from about November 2012 through June 2013, and worked over 40 hours per
week and was actually paid less than she was promised.
So the woman
violated labor laws and was rightfully arrested for breaking the law, and now
we are in a major diplomatic debacle with India, one of our only real allies in
the middle east.
To further
upset the issue, India recalled the diplomat while she was out on bail. Despite
being told not to leave the US, India booked her passage on the first Jet to
New Delhi. While on her way to her home, the car while stopped at a redlight
was set upon by a roving gang of slum dog losers. Everyone in the car was pulled
out of the vehicle, robbed, and beaten, and as is typical for India, Khobragade
a woman, was brutally raped.
Father calls US "absolutely obnoxious". |
Khobragade's
father, Uttam Khobragade, told the TimesNow TV news channel on Tuesday that his
daughter's treatment was
"absolutely obnoxious."
"absolutely obnoxious."
"As a
father I feel hurt, our entire family is traumatized," he said. Not about
her being raped, that is completely normal for India, but about being treated
like a criminal in America because she was one.
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