Central Islip, New York, United States
Enung and Samirah were the 2 domestic workers. On May 13, 2007, the police were called to a Dunkin’ Donuts in Syosset, N.Y., where one of the domestic workers had turned up. Her face was bruised and she wore only pants and a towel. When the Dunkin’ Donuts employees tried to talk to the 51-year-old woman, identified as Samirah — like many Indonesians, she uses only one name — she made gestures of hitting herself and uttered what sounded to them like the word “master.”
Location
United States · Central Islip, New York · 2007 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Federal sentencing guidelines had recommended a range of 12 to 15 years in prison for Sabhnani, who was identified as the one who inflicted the abuse. In addition to prison, she will serve three years' probation and was fined $25,000.
The two women are now living with Indonesian people in an unspecified location in New York and are learning English while preparing to live and work in the United States, according to sources. They still are close and sleep in the same bedroom, the sources said.
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