regularly forced to work 14-hour shifts – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

A Melbourne doctor who forced an asylum seeker to work against his will at a sweet shop has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail.

Seyyed Farshchi threatened to contact immigration authorities and have the victim deported, and paid him just $10 an hour for his work.

Farshchi will serve three and a half years in jail and has been ordered to pay $43,000 in reparations to the victim.

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.