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Samoan ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Chief Who Enslaved Villagers ๐Ÿ˜ข Sentenced To 11 Years In New Zealand ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ

New Zealand ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Based Samoan ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Chief Joseph Auga Matamata Used 13 Of His Countrymen As Slaves Over A Quarter Of Century

theguardian.com/world/2020/julโ€ฆ #NewZealand #Slavery
"Matamataโ€™s case is the first time anyone in #NewZealand had been charged with both #HumanTrafficking and #Slavery simultaneously."

The offending occurred between 1994 and April last year involving 13 #Samoans ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ from three villages on the island of #Upolu. The youngest...
... was just 12. ๐Ÿ˜ข The Crown argued there was a pattern to #Matamataโ€™s offending, with him bringing small groups of people to #NewZealand over the 25-year period for his โ€œown financial benefitโ€.
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