U.S. Has Two Sets Of Laws, One For Themselves One For Others

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Former US Ambassador to Belgium Howard Gutman, accused of soliciting "sexual favours from both prostitutes and minor children" was also allowed to retire in July of this year, Van Buren claimed.

Back in 1993, one Tokyo embassy US diplomat identified as Thurmond Borden, brought a Filipino woman, 40 year-old Lucia Martel to work as a domestic contracting to pay her a monthly salary of $1500 but was forced to work for 18 hours a day.

Lucia eventually tried to sue the Bordens, and organized protest marches outside the US embassy. The State Department, however, claimed diplomatic immunity on Borden's behalf and the Japanese legal system dropped the case.

According to Van Buren, State Department records list Borden now as the head of the Consular Section in Jakarta where, among other tasks, he has the responsibility for issuing maid visas to US diplomats' domestic help bound for the US.
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Source: IANS