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Man who imported "slave wage" labourers is jailed

by isleofman.com 1st August 2006
A businessman who brought five South African workers to the Isle of Man, to work on his Onchan home, has been jailed for three months.

It was claimed Pieter van Rooyen paid the men "slave wages", as little as ?1.36 an hour.

Van Rooyen, formerly an offshore banking executive at Barclays, admitted providing false documents to get them through immigration

In addition to the jail sentence, he was ordered to pay costs.

(Picture: Pieter van Rooyen, as he appears on the website lifechurch-iom.com).
Posted by isleofman.com
Tuesday 1st, August 2006 12:12pm.

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