An Indian-origin Melbourne couple who were jailed in 2021 for enslaving an old Tamil woman for eight years have been imposed with a fresh penalty, the Australian Federal Police revealed on Friday. Kandasamy Kannan, 61, and his wife, Kumuthini, 58, must pay $140,000 in combined penalties to the state, in addition to the penalties that they are serving. The police ordered that they would have to forfeit the money they got from the sale of their house in 2016. According to reports, Kumuthini has agreed to pay a pecuniary penalty of $100,000, while Kandasamy will pay a penalty of $40,000 in addition to the forfeited equity and interest from the 2016 sale amounting to more than $475,000. The victim, who is from India, was reported missing by her family since 2007 while performing domesti

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