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    NYC housekeeper accuses employer of enslaving her

    NEW YORK (AP) — A housekeeper is accusing a Korean Buddhist monk and his family of forcing her to work as a "slave" in their New York City home.

    The New York Times reports (http://nyti.ms/qUmRp7 ) that the lawsuit alleges the family kept the woman a prisoner in their Queens home for 12 years under threat of death.

    The suit was filed by Oak-Jin Oh last week in Brooklyn federal court. It names as defendants Soo Bok Choi, a Buddhist monk; two of his brothers; his son and daughter; a niece; and the representative of the estate of his mother, who died in 2009.

    The Times says it visited the homes of three of the defendants but efforts to reach them for comment were unsuccessful.

    A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn declined to comment.

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    Information from: The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com

     

    22 comments

    • J.  •  9 mths ago
      It is my experience that the more religious a person claims to be - the shadier they actually are.
    • Honoria  •  9 mths ago
      Strange but this story rings a bell. Wasn't it a few years ago that we had the same type of story on Long Island?
    • Time to examine facts.  •  9 mths ago
      By Buthist tradition; Monk has no reproduction; universe is the whole family,
      just like Catholics. Check with Dalai Lama. Something is odd and unusal.
    • missfrancy  •  9 mths ago
      Sarcasm aside, I totally believe her story. I hope that "Monk" get what he deserves.
    • Zhimbo  •  9 mths ago
      That's a bit short on detail.
    • M  •  9 mths ago
      Seriously? Nobody's going to say anything about the defendant's name...?
    • HarryK  •  9 mths ago
      That "monk" has son and daughter ;O More or less, he would not be considered a monk under Korean Buddhism. He's no different than a man who's threatened a life.
    • Aaron  •  9 mths ago
      Pretty vague story...........
    • Snorri Sturluson  •  9 mths ago
      Ah! The mysterious ways of the old country. If guilty, jail and deportation.
    • WRITE IN VOTE....  •  9 mths ago
      monk... slavery ... that about sums it up!
    • HALO3  •  9 mths ago
      Whatever happened to the good old days when the only secretive thing about a Buddhist monk was that he was really a Master of Kung Fu?
    • Michael D  •  9 mths ago
      What the heck is going on with these cheap basserds? Bringing these cretins here just so they can beat them and treat them as slaves? The problem is they don't assimilate, Their dress and cultural habits are still the same, twenty minutes or twenty years and they STILL won't learn English! Seeing these Indians and turks in their full regalia was interesting at one time, but their agenda has become known, they won't and NEVER will become "Americans" They are here strictly for the MONEY ! They bring their "cousin's " with them and rather working for a living like everyone else, they beat and enslave them! Welcome to America, land of opportunity!
    • Westi K  •  9 mths ago
      The glorious Korean culture unleashed in NYC, enjoy!
    • The Critic  •  9 mths ago
      Charges like these can get someone into serious trouble they should check this out.
      If true we should let the monk know how we tread in the USA
    • ...  •  9 mths ago
      Seems like we just heard of a whole raft of enslavement by Filipinos in Hawaii. What's that about?
    • jimthebeard  •  9 mths ago
      bok choi...his wife's name is noodles?
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
      A House Keeper, A Korean Buddhist monk Walk Into A Bar And.......
    • Daniel  •  9 mths ago
      This? In New York? Wtf?!
    • Caligyal  •  9 mths ago
      Yeah, my boss has "enslaved" me for years!
    • tomcib  •  9 mths ago
      Wow, two Koreans not named Kim, Park or Lee.
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