Singh vs Singh

The Herald reports:

A liquor store worker who was threatened, assaulted, called a “f***ing Indian” and “Indian dog” by his employer has been awarded $45,000 in damages for racial harassment.

Satnam Singh told the Human Rights Tribunal he suffered racial abuse, culminating in a physical assault, while employed for two months at Scorpion Liquor in Mt Roskill.

An Indian national and practicing Sikh, Satnam Singh was also paid less than minimum wage, earning between $6 and $7 an hour.

Disgraceful behaviour and good to see a large damages award.

Store manager Shane Singh and his mother, Raj Devi, who owns the business, did not respond to the claim and took no part in proceedings.

You can’t be absolutely sure, but the surnames suggest the owner and manager are also Indians, which makes the racial abuse somewhat perplexing.

During his two months at Scorpion Liquor, Shane Singh frequently made references to “f***ing Indians”, and referred to Indian students as “Indian dogs”.

He also made comments about Satnam Singh’s long hair, a requirement for his Sikh religion.On one occasion the worker was filmed while cleaning the shop toilet, and told “You f***ing Indians [will] always clean my s*** today and in the future”.

Maybe Shane Singh is not also Indian. He’s a terrible person though, that is for sure.