Himalee Arunatilaka: former Sri Lankan diplomat in Australia fined more than $100,000 for ‘entrapping’ domestic worker

Judge finds Himalee Arunatilaka’s treatment of worker from 2015 to 2018 ‘egregious and exploitative’ after diplomat fails to engage court process

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A diplomat who “entrapped” a domestic worker in her Canberra home, forcing her to work 14 hours, seven days a week, for less than a dollar an hour, has been fined more than $100,000 in the federal court.

The fine is in addition to more than $500,000 in unpaid wages and interest she has already been ordered to restore, but has so far refused to pay.

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